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100 years of the visual cycle
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100 years of the visual cycle

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.

Authors

Marmor MF; Martin LJ

Journal

Survey of Ophthalmology, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 279–285

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

January 1, 1978

DOI

10.1016/0039-6257(78)90074-7

ISSN

0039-6257

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