Parietopsin

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a group of opsins in the parietal eye of some lizards

    "It has been reported that parietopsin, first identified in the parietal eye, is colocalized with and coupled to Go-type G protein in the photoreceptor cells of the lizard parietal eye [31 ]."

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"It has been reported that parietopsin, first identified in the parietal eye, is colocalized with and coupled to Go-type G protein in the photoreceptor cells of the lizard parietal eye [31 ]."

Etymology

From parieto- + opsin.

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