THE VISUAL PIGMENTS 



The existence of transient compounds (lumi- and meta-rhodopsin) 

 between visual purple and indicator yellow suggests that the dis- 

 engagement from the protein of the chromophore (as its conforma- 

 tion changes from a particular cis-trans isomer to the ?i\\-trans form 

 of indicator yellow) takes place in stages. 



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