Novel retinal photoreceptors (original) (raw)

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The rod and cone cells of the retina are thought to mediate all of the light responses of the vertebrate eye. But here we show that salmon vertebrate ancient (VA) opsin forms a functional photopigment in vitro, and is expressed in a subset of retinal horizontal and amacrine cells in vivo. These results indicate that retinal photoreception is not restricted to just rod and cone cells.

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1. Department of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Prince Consort Road, SW7 2BB, London, UK
   Bobby G. Soni, Alisdair R. Philp & Russell G. Foster
2. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY HSC at Syracuse, 750 E. Adams Street, Syracuse, 13210, New York, USA
   Barry E. Knox

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Soni, B., Philp, A., Foster, R. et al. Novel retinal photoreceptors.Nature 394, 27–28 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/27794

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• Published: 01 July 1998
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