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メラノプシンの異質発現によって光敏感性の誘発

Xudong Qiu1, Tida Kumbalasiri, Stephanie M Carlson

  • 1Department of Neuroscience, Box 1953, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-1953, USA.

Nature
|January 28, 2005
PubMed
まとめ

哺乳類のメラノプシン (melanopsin) は,目の感覚光色素として機能する. この研究は,メラノプシンがメラノプシンであることを確認しています.

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