"Rod Opsins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Photosensitive proteins expressed in the ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS. They are the protein components of rod photoreceptor pigments such as RHODOPSIN.
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D017299
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.306.466.500 D23.767.930.750.500
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rod Opsins" by people in Profiles.
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Steck M, Hanscom SJ, Iwanicki T, Sung JY, Outomuro D, Morehouse NI, Porter ML. Secondary not subordinate: Opsin localization suggests possibility for color sensitivity in salticid secondary eyes. Vision Res. 2024 04; 217:108367.
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G?hmann M, Porter ML, Bok MJ. The Gluopsins: Opsins without the Retinal Binding Lysine. Cells. 2022 08 06; 11(15).
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Porter ML, Awata H, Bok MJ, Cronin TW. Exceptional diversity of opsin expression patterns in Neogonodactylus oerstedii (Stomatopoda) retinas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 04 21; 117(16):8948-8957.
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Paul KN, Saafir TB, Tosini G. The role of retinal photoreceptors in the regulation of circadian rhythms. Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2009 Dec; 10(4):271-8.
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Verrelli BC, Lewis CM, Stone AC, Perry GH. Different selective pressures shape the molecular evolution of color vision in chimpanzee and human populations. Mol Biol Evol. 2008 Dec; 25(12):2735-43.
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Perry GH, Martin RD, Verrelli BC. Signatures of functional constraint at aye-aye opsin genes: the potential of adaptive color vision in a nocturnal primate. Mol Biol Evol. 2007 Sep; 24(9):1963-70.
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Tosini G, Aguzzi J, Bullock NM, Liu C, Kasamatsu M. Effect of photoreceptor degeneration on circadian photoreception and free-running period in the Royal College of Surgeons rat. Brain Res. 2007 May 07; 1148:76-82.
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Porter ML, Cronin TW, McClellan DA, Crandall KA. Molecular characterization of crustacean visual pigments and the evolution of pancrustacean opsins. Mol Biol Evol. 2007 Jan; 24(1):253-68.
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Bellingham J, Chaurasia SS, Melyan Z, Liu C, Cameron MA, Tarttelin EE, Iuvone PM, Hankins MW, Tosini G, Lucas RJ. Evolution of melanopsin photoreceptors: discovery and characterization of a new melanopsin in nonmammalian vertebrates. PLoS Biol. 2006 Jul; 4(8):e254.
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Sakamoto K, Liu C, Kasamatsu M, Iuvone PM, Tosini G. Intraocular injection of kainic acid does not abolish the circadian rhythm of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase mRNA in rat photoreceptors. Mol Vis. 2006 Feb 23; 12:117-24.