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. 2018 Mar 5;150(3):371.
doi: 10.1085/jgp.201812009. Epub 2018 Feb 20.

Another way of seeing things

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Another way of seeing things

Caitlin Sedwick. J Gen Physiol. .

Abstract

JGP study explores a novel photoreception pathway in a marine mollusk.

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(Top left to bottom right) First author Oscar Arenas and co-authors Tomás Osorno, Gerardo Malagón, Camilia Pulido, María del Pilar Gomez, and Enrico Nasi demonstrated that pScop2 is a bona-fide photopigment; knocking it down eliminates the current shift that accompanies photoisomerization (graph, bottom trace). Headshots courtesy of the authors.

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