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Science 3 December 1982:
Vol. 218. no. 4576, pp. 961 - 966
DOI: 10.1126/science.6291153
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Science, Vol 218, Issue 4576, 961-966
Copyright © 1982 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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The chemistry of vision

DF O'Brien

The visual response is initiated by light reception and transduction into chemical and electrical energy in the outer-segment membranes of rod and cone cells. Recent research on the molecular events controlled by light has clarified the roles of some of the rod outer-segment biomolecules. These developments and the current unresolved questions are described.




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