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  • When they were broken open, they erupted a dazzling blue flare that ionized the Rhodopsin --- the visual purple in the retina of the eye --- blinding the victim and abolishing his perception of time and space.

    Wild Dreams of Reality, 5 2010

  • Powell to staff: Which means we'll never prove Reich got that Rhodopsin stuff from his own lab.

    Wild Dreams of Reality, 5 2010

  • As the Rhodopsin cap flew up into the anteroom, Reich averted his eyes.

    Wild Dreams of Reality, 5 2010

  • Rhodopsin researchers were being requisitioned by the police.

    Wild Dreams of Reality, 5 2010

  • Rhodopsin, the protein in our eyes that is responsible for our sensitivity to light, has an embedded component called retinal not itself a protein which flips from its main stable configuration to its alternative configuration when hit by a photon of light.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • Rhodopsin, the protein in our eyes that is responsible for our sensitivity to light, has an embedded component called retinal not itself a protein which flips from its main stable configuration to its alternative configuration when hit by a photon of light.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • Another candidate are the Rhodopsin proteins which Conway Morris feels may have evolved independently.

    A Nagging Question about MN 2005

  • "Rhodopsin-based peptide activity detector": that machine was twisted apart and jammed with planting medium.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

  • Rhodopsin has its absorption peak (λ max inferred from amino acid sequence) at 496-498 nm

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ondřej Kott et al. 2010

  • Rhodopsin is a pigment in the eye that helps detect light.

    TG Daily - All News 2009

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