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DOG_GOD
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Interesting paper @glims, thanks for the background.I looked in a little to comparing protein sequences for Retinol Binding Protein on pBLAST and even between mice analogs and humans there was some amount of variability. I wanted to run a BLAST co...in Genetic and biology based modsSeptember 2013
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@glimsSorry for being confusing, on the microyza webpage there is mention of transport proteins having 4x the affinity for A1 compared to A2, I was just curious which transporter or proteins that this was referring to. I did some looking around an...in Genetic and biology based modsSeptember 2013
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@Cassox and @glimms and @Saal:Thanks for the answers! I see now that this really is quite feasible. Also, I just realized the difficulty of obtaining human opsin directly to do a binding assay lol. I guess there's always cadavers donated to scienc...in Genetic and biology based modsSeptember 2013
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Interesting concept Saal, a few quick questions though. So is opsin basically rhodopsin minus the vitamin A? Or in other words, is the protein portion of photopsin/rhodopsin the same as porphyropsin when not complex with vitamin A/A2? If they are ...in Genetic and biology based modsSeptember 2013
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Yea, that's what I afraid of. Is it possible to have an magnetic dermal anchor where the magnet is above the skin or would the weight still be too much? Sorry, I seem to have multiple accounts associated with one email.in MagnetsAugust 2012