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NinaB combines carotenoid oxygenase and retinoid isomerase activity in a single polypeptide.

Lutein and zeaxanthin measured separately in the living human retina with fundus reflectometry.

An artificial molecular switch that mimics the visual pigment and completes its photocycle in picoseconds.

Molecular characterization of visual pigments in Branchiopoda and the evolution of opsins in Arthropoda.

E113 is required for the efficient photoisomerization of the unprotonated chromophore in a UV-absorbing visual pigment.

The rationale and evidence base for a protective role of macular pigment in age-related maculopathy.

Fundus autofluorescence after full macular translocation surgery for myopic choroidal neovascularization.

Molecular basis of spectral tuning in the red- and green-sensitive (M/LWS) pigments in vertebrates.

Circadian release of pigment-dispersing factor in the visual system of the housefly, Musca domestica.

How vision begins: an odyssey.

Genetic modifiers of retinal degeneration in the rd3 mouse.

Effects of exogenous thyroid hormones on visual pigment composition in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch).

Abnormal macular pigment distribution in type 2 idiopathic macular telangiectasia.

Pulmonary disease and age-related macular degeneration: the Beaver Dam Eye Study.

Macular pigment density and age-related maculopathy in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study. An ancillary study of the women's health initiative.

Spatial profile of macular pigment and its relationship to foveal architecture.

A2E, a pigment of the lipofuscin of retinal pigment epithelial cells, is an endogenous ligand for retinoic acid receptor.

Foveal cone-photoreceptor integrity in aging macula disorder.

Expression and comparative characterization of Gq-coupled invertebrate visual pigments and melanopsin.

Effects of prolonged dark adaptation in patients with retinitis pigmentosa of Bothnia type: an electrophysiological study.