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Using the Horseshoe Crab, Limulus Polyphemus, in Vision Research
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Published on: July 3, 2009

リムルス・ロドプシン (Limulus rhodopsin):一時的な中間物質が熱的に安定した状態に急速に戻る

A Fein, R A Cone

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |November 2, 1973
    PubMed
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    リムルスの内側眼細胞のロドプシンは安定し,繰り返し閃いた場合でも白くならなかった. スペクトルの中間物質は,閃きごとに,素早く元の状態に戻った.

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