Email this article Vertebrate Eye Melanosomes and Invertebrate Eye Ommochromes as Screening Cell Organelles
- Authors: Ostrovsky M.A.1, Zak P.P.1, Dontsov A.E.1
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Affiliations:
- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 45, No 6 (2018)
- Pages: 570-579
- Section: Animal and Human Physiology
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/1062-3590/article/view/182812
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359018060109
- ID: 182812
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Abstract
The authors analyze their own and published data on the screening pigments of the eyes of vertebrates and invertebrates and the human eye, i.e., melanosomes and ommochromes. The structure, biochemistry, and functions of these pigments in the vision of vertebrates and invertebrates as light-filtering and light-absorbing organelles are discussed.
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M. A. Ostrovsky
Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: ostrovsky3535@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119334
P. P. Zak
Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: ostrovsky3535@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119334
A. E. Dontsov
Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: ostrovsky3535@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119334
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