Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The pigment sensitive to red light in the retinal rods of the eyes, consisting of opsin and retinene.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Visual purple; a pigment found in the outer segments of the retinal rods.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) The visual purple. See under
visual .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A light-sensitive
pigment in therod cells of theretina ; it consists of anopsin protein bound to thecarotenoid retinal
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light
Etymologies
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Examples
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Another protein is rhodopsin, which is found in cells that make up the retina of the eye.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Another protein is rhodopsin, which is found in cells that make up the retina of the eye.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Another protein is rhodopsin, which is found in cells that make up the retina of the eye.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Another protein is rhodopsin, which is found in cells that make up the retina of the eye.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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The scientists were able to see previously unobserved changes in the structure of rhodopsin, which is a model for the ubiquitous G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), heptahelical, transmembrane receptors found in eukaryotic cells.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The scientists were able to see previously unobserved changes in the structure of rhodopsin, which is a model for the ubiquitous G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), heptahelical, transmembrane receptors found in eukaryotic cells.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Saranak J, Patel N, Zarilli G, Okabe M, et al. (1984) A rhodopsin is the functional photoreceptor for phototaxis in the unicellular eukaryote
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hiroshi Yamashita et al. 2009
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Blurred vision can be a lack of a light sensitive pigment called rhodopsin, or visual purple, that’s composed of vitamin A and protein.
Human Eye: Part 4 2008
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This alters the way in which one of the proteins in the retina—rhodopsin, a pigment responsible for night vision as well as blue-green color vision—behaves.
Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010
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Deyes goes on to discuss rhodopsin before throwing this red hot pepper in the pot:
ruzuzu commented on the word rhodopsin
Visual purple.
August 12, 2010
blafferty commented on the word rhodopsin
Disappointment! No visuals?
July 23, 2011