"Rhodopsin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A purplish-red, light-sensitive pigment found in RETINAL ROD CELLS of most vertebrates. It is a complex consisting of a molecule of ROD OPSIN and a molecule of 11-cis retinal (RETINALDEHYDE). Rhodopsin exhibits peak absorption wavelength at about 500 nm.
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D012243
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.695.955 D23.767.930.750.500.500
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rhodopsin" by people in Profiles.
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Experimental Insight into the Structural and Functional Roles of the 'Black' and 'Gray' Clusters in Recoverin, a Calcium Binding Protein with Four EF-Hand Motifs. Molecules. 2019 Jul 08; 24(13).
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Effect of Oral Valproic Acid vs Placebo for Vision Loss in Patients With Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Randomized Phase 2 Multicenter Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 08 01; 136(8):849-856.
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Cas9/sgRNA selective targeting of the P23H Rhodopsin mutant allele for treating retinitis pigmentosa by intravitreal AAV9.PHP.B-based delivery. Hum Mol Genet. 2018 03 01; 27(5):761-779.
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Acetabularia rhodopsin I is a light-stimulated proton pump. J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2011 May; 11(5):4596-600.