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English
Noun
xenopsin (countable and uncountable, plural xenopsins)
- (uncountable, biochemistry) An octapeptide present in the frog Xenopus laevis[1]
- (countable, biochemistry) A group of opsins, which are confined to molluscs, rotifers, brachiopods, and cnidarians[2]
References
- ^ Araki, Kengo, Tachibana, Shinro, Uchiyama, Mikio, Nakajima, Terumi, Yasuhara, Tadashi (1973) “Isolation and Structure of a New Active Peptide "Xenopsin"on the Smooth Muscle, especially on a Strip of Fundus from a Rat Stomach, from the Skin of Xenopus laevis”, in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, volume 21, number 12, →DOI, pages 2801–2804
- ^ Ramirez, Md, Pairett, An, Pankey, Ms, Serb, Jm, Speiser, Di, Swafford, Aj, Oakley, Th (2016 October 26) “The last common ancestor of most bilaterian animals possessed at least 9 opsins”, in Genome Biology and Evolution, →DOI, page evw248