"Opsins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Photosensitive proteins in the membranes of PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS such as the rods and the cones. Opsins have varied light absorption properties and are members of the G-PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS family. Their ligands are VITAMIN A-based chromophores.
| Descriptor ID |
D055355
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.306.466 D23.767.930.750
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Opsins" by people in Profiles.
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Development of an optogenetic toolkit for neural circuit dissection in squirrel monkeys. Sci Rep. 2018 04 30; 8(1):6775.
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Sensory Drive, Color, and Color Vision. Am Nat. 2017 08; 190(2):157-170.
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Opsin Repertoire and Expression Patterns in Horseshoe Crabs: Evidence from the Genome of Limulus polyphemus (Arthropoda: Chelicerata). Genome Biol Evol. 2016 06 03; 8(5):1571-89.
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Euarchontan Opsin Variation Brings New Focus to Primate Origins. Mol Biol Evol. 2016 Apr; 33(4):1029-41.
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Evolutionary dynamics of Rh2 opsins in birds demonstrate an episode of accelerated evolution in the New World warblers (Setophaga). Mol Ecol. 2015 May; 24(10):2449-62.
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Ectopic activation of the canonical wnt signaling pathway affects ectodermal patterning along the primary axis during larval development in the anthozoan Nematostella vectensis. Dev Biol. 2013 Aug 15; 380(2):324-34.
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Multiple shifts between violet and ultraviolet vision in a family of passerine birds with associated changes in plumage coloration. Proc Biol Sci. 2012 Apr 07; 279(1732):1269-76.
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An optogenetic toolbox designed for primates. Nat Neurosci. 2011 Mar; 14(3):387-97.
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Analyzing protein structure and function using ancestral gene reconstruction. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2010 Jun; 20(3):360-6.
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Protanomaly without darkened red is deuteranopia with rods. Vision Res. 2008 Nov; 48(26):2599-603.