Vertebrate Bistable Pigment Parapinopsin: Implications for Emergence of Visual Signaling and Neofunctionalization of Non-visual Pigment
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Vertebrate Bistable Pigment Parapinopsin: Implications for Emergence of Visual Signaling and Neofunctionalization of Non-visual Pigment
Opsins are light-sensor proteins, each absorbing a specific wavelength of light. This, in turn, drives a specific G protein-mediated phototransduction cascade, leading to a photoreceptor cell response. Recent genome projects have revealed an unexpectedly large number of opsin genes for vision and non-visual photoreception in various animals. However, the significance of this multiplicity of ops...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2296-701X
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00023