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- Title
The cell biology of vision.
- Authors
Sung, Ching-Hwa; Chuang, Jen-Zen
- Abstract
Humans possess the remarkable ability to perceive color, shape, and motion, and to differentiate between light intensities varied by over nine orders of magnitude. Phototransduction--the process in which absorbed photons are converted into electrical responses--is the first stage of visual processing, and occurs in the outer segment, the light-sensing organelle of the photoreceptor cell. Studies of genes linked to human inherited blindness have been crucial to understanding the biogenesis of the outer segment and membrane-trafficking of photoreceptors.
- Publication
The Journal of cell biology, 2010, Vol 190, Issue 6, p953
- ISSN
1540-8140
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1083/jcb.201006020