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Metarhodopsin in Single Rhabdomeres of the Fly, Calliphora erythrocephala

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Stable metarhodopsin is the photoproduct of illuminated rhodopsin in the eye of Calliphora. Rhodopsin is resynthesized in darkness, evidently by chemical means dependent on energy supplied by metabolism within the retina. The thermostability of the product makes it probable that a photoreisomerization may also occur.

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    H. Langer

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Langer, H. (1972). Metarhodopsin in Single Rhabdomeres of the Fly, Calliphora erythrocephala. In: Wehner, R. (eds) Information Processing in the Visual Systems of Anthropods. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65477-0_15

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