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Cone Opsins

Known as: Opsin, Cone, Opsins, Cone, Cone Opsins [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Photosensitive proteins expressed in the CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS. They are the protein components of cone photopigments. Cone opsins are classified… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes
Fish catch color with rods Vertebrates are typically thought to have a consistent system for processing light, in which multiple… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Gene therapy rescues cone function in congenital achromatopsia.
The successful restoration of visual function with recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV)-mediated gene replacement therapy in… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Evolution and spectral tuning of visual pigments in birds and mammals
Variation in the types and spectral characteristics of visual pigments is a common mechanism for the adaptation of the vertebrate… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Evolution of vertebrate visual pigments
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Antioxidants reduce cone cell death in a model of retinitis pigmentosa.
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a label for a group of diseases caused by a large number of mutations that result in rod… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Physiological Features of the S- and M-cone Photoreceptors of Wild-type Mice from Single-cell Recordings
Cone cells constitute only 3% of the photoreceptors of the wild-type (WT) mouse. While mouse rods have been thoroughly… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Evolution of the cichlid visual palette through ontogenetic subfunctionalization of the opsin gene arrays.
The evolution of cone opsin genes is characterized by a dynamic process of gene birth and death through gene duplication and loss… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Impaired opsin targeting and cone photoreceptor migration in the retina of mice lacking the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel CNGA3.
PURPOSE To characterize molecular and cellular changes in the mouse retina caused by the genetic deletion of the cone cyclic… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Retinoid X receptor (gamma) is necessary to establish the S-opsin gradient in cone photoreceptors of the developing mouse retina.
PURPOSE The retinoid X receptors (RXRs) are members of the family of ligand-dependent nuclear hormone receptors. One of these… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Isomerization and Oxidation of Vitamin A in Cone-Dominant Retinas A Novel Pathway for Visual-Pigment Regeneration in Daylight
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