Studies on rhodopsin. 8. Retinylidenemethylamine, an indicator yellow analogue

G. A. J. Pitt, F. D. Collins, R. A. Morton, Pauline Stok

Biochemical Journal · 1955 · 112 citations · 14 references

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The action of light on rhodopsin (visual purple) produces a pigment named, by Lythgoe (1937), 'indicator yellow' because it changes colour from a very pale yellow (A, 365 mi.) in alkaline solu-

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