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Abstract
Polyenes are important for vision in all sighted species. The visual pigments (the rhodopsins) all use 11-cis-retinal as the chromophore; some possible reasons for the importance of this isomer are now emerging. New results on the involvement of xanthophils in the maintenance of the retina are also discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8807853 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(96)90105-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Biol ISSN: 1074-5521