| LC control no. | sh 85101407 |
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| Topical heading | Photoreceptors |
| See also | Photobiology Sense organs Interphotoreceptor matrix |
| Found in | 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) |
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