Photoreceptors

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
קולטני אור
Name (Latin)
Photoreceptors
Name (Arabic)
المستقبلات الضوئية
See Also From tracing topical name
Photobiology
Sense organs
Interphotoreceptor matrix
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q748049
Library of congress: sh 85101407
Sources of Information
  • Encyc. of molecular biology, 1994 (photoreceptor: a light-absorbing molecule which can initiate a specific photochemical reaction leading to a biophysical, biochemical, physiological, developmental or behavioural change in an organism. Known photoreceptors include: bacteriochlorophyll, bacteriorhodopsin, chlorophyll, cryptochrome, phytochrome, protochlorophyll, rhodopsin, and certain carotenoid, biliprotein, flavoprotein and haem pigments)