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Retinal Pigments

Known as: Retinal Pigments [Chemical/Ingredient], Photoreceptor Pigments, Retinal, Pigments, Retinal Photoreceptor 
Photosensitive protein complexes of varied light absorption properties which are expressed in the PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS. They are OPSINS conjugated… 
National Institutes of Health

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B23 protein, Astyanax fasciatusRetinoidsRhodopsiniodopsin
CarotenoidsIn BloodPhotoreceptorsProcess of secretion

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Pigment

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Disruption of ceruloplasmin and hephaestin in mice causes retinal iron overload and retinal degeneration with features of age-related macular degeneration.
Mechanisms of brain and retinal iron homeostasis have become subjects of increased interest after the discovery of elevated iron… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Biochemical basis of lipofuscin, ceroid, and age pigment-like fluorophores.
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor are present in epiretinal and choroidal neovascular membranes.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Phototransduction mechanism in retinal rods and cones. The Friedenwald Lecture.
V ision begins in the rod and cone receptors of the retina, where light is absorbed and a neural signal is generated. This signal… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Effect of carboxylic acid side chains on the absorption maximum of visual pigments.
The proposal that the absorption maximum of the visual pigments is governed by interaction of the 11-cis-retinal chromophore with… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Pathologic Features of Senile Macular Degeneration
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Color‐specific interconnections of cones and horizontal cells in the retina of the goldfish
In Golgi preparations of goldfish retina we have observed three types of horizontal cell which receive exclusively from cones and… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Visual pigments of frog and tadpole (Rana pipiens).
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
Visual Pigments in Single Rods and Cones of the Human Retina
Difference spectra of the visual pigments have been measured in single rods and cones of a parafoveal region of the human retina… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Pre-Lumirhodopsin and the Bleaching of Visual Pigments
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