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- noun Plural form of
rhodopsin .
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Spudich JL, Variations on a molecular switch: transport and sensory signalling by archaeal rhodopsins.
Blind Mice vs Behe; the Evolution of Vision - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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How can we get from ion channel rhodopsins to modern opsins.
Blind Mice vs Behe; the Evolution of Vision - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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In fact they are a member of a family of ancient proteins, the rhodopsins.
Blind Mice vs Behe; the Evolution of Vision - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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We can see how this works with some kinds of bacterial rhodopsins.
Blind Mice vs Behe; the Evolution of Vision - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Spudich JL, Variations on a molecular switch: transport and sensory signalling by archaeal rhodopsins.
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The simplest energy-harvesting photoproteins are the rhodopsins, which consist of a single, membrane-embedded protein covalently bound to the chromophore retinal (a light-sensitive pigment) [1].
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Coturnix none@example.com 2010
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Hoff WD, Jung KH, Spudich JL (1997) Molecular mechanism of photosignaling by archaeal sensory rhodopsins.
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Despite impressive similarities in the folding and photoactivation of vertebrate and invertebrate visual rhodopsins, a striking difference exists between mammalian and fly rhodopsins in their requirements for proper targeting.
Elites TV 2009
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Interestingly, the very C-terminus of invertebrate visual rhodopsins is extremely variable but helix 8 shows conserved amino acid residues that are not conserved in vertebrate homologs.
Elites TV 2009
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Spudich EN, Takahashi T, Spudich JL (1989) Sensory rhodopsins I and II modulate a methylation / demethylation system in Halobacterium halobium phototaxis.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Kenia Whitehead et al. 2009
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