 Rhodopsin
"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) |
D12.776.543.750.100.955 D23.767.930.750.500.500
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