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THE BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF VITAMIN A ACID
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Self-citationThe transport of vitamin A and carotenoids in human plasma
Krinsky, N. I., Cornwell, D. G., & Oncley, J. L. (1958) · Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics · doi:10.1016/0003-9861(58)90259-5 · Cited by 273
ELECTRON MICROSCOPE OBSERVATIONS ON THE SUBMICROSCOPIC ORGANIZATION OF THE RETINAL RODS
De Robertis, E. (1956) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.2.3.319 · Cited by 180
The regeneration of visual purple: its relation to dark adaptation and night blindness
Tansley, K. (1931) · The Journal of Physiology · doi:10.1113/jphysiol.1931.sp002749 · Cited by 175
The equilibrium between vitamin A alcohol and aldehyde in the presence of alcohol dehydrogenase
Bliss, A. F. (1951) · Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics · doi:10.1016/0003-9861(51)90206-8 · Cited by 144
The Photoreceptor Process in Vision
Wald, G. (1955) · American Journal of Ophthalmology · doi:10.1016/0002-9394(55)91835-3 · Cited by 138
Self-citationTHE THERMAL STABILITY OF RHODOPSIN AND OPSIN
Hubbard, R. (1958) · The Journal of General Physiology · doi:10.1085/jgp.42.2.259 · Cited by 133
Synthesis and Bleaching of Rhodopsin
Wald, G., & Brown, P. K. (1956) · Nature · doi:10.1038/177174a0 · Cited by 106
Self-citationGlover, J., Goodwin, T. W., & Morton, R. A. (1947) · Biochemical Journal · doi:10.1042/bj0410097 · Cited by 92
THE STABILITY OF RHODOPSIN AND OPSIN
Radding, C. M., & Wald, G. (1956) · The Journal of General Physiology · doi:10.1085/jgp.39.6.923 · Cited by 70
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Vitamin A in Reproduction and Development
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Metadata
- Authors
- Dowling, J. E., & Wald, G.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 1960-05
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 587-608
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- OpenAlex
- W1973007853
- Cited by
- 451
- References
- 12
- FWCI
- 9.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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