Associations to the word «Opsin»
Noun
- Pigment
- Retina
- Cis
- Vertebrate
- Cone
- Wavelength
- Duplication
- Genes
- Vitamin
- Chromosome
- Primate
- Protein
- Superfamily
- Ganglion
- Tuning
- Rod
- Receptor
- Gene
- Blindness
- Divergence
- Molecule
- Sensitivity
- Absorption
- Trans
- Linkage
- Mutation
- Residue
- Vision
- Spectrum
- Cascade
- Meta
- Mammal
- Membrane
- Substitution
- Signaling
- Pathway
- Initiate
- Bind
- Cell
- Defect
- Segment
- Evolution
- Ancestor
- Decay
- Sequence
- Monkey
- Type
- Variant
- Red
- Domain
- Bound
- Light
- Ion
- Human
- Photo
- Mechanism
- Medium
Adjective
Wiktionary
OPSIN, noun. (biochemistry) Any of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the retina
Dictionary definition
OPSIN, noun. Retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin.
Wise words
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