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. 1978 Jan-Feb;22(4):279-85.
doi: 10.1016/0039-6257(78)90074-7.

100 years of the visual cycle

M F Marmor, L J Martin

100 years of the visual cycle

M F Marmor et al. Surv Ophthalmol. 1978 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

One--hundred years have passed since Franz Boll and Willy Kühne first characterized rhodopsin and discovered the visual pigment cycle. Some of the events and individuals of that period are described, and color photographs are presented to show the appearance of rhodopsin in the living retina.

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