Dimensions of ROS (Rod Outer Segment) in eye

Range Diameter 2: Length 25 μm
Organism Human Homo sapiens
Reference R. W. Rodieck, The first steps in seeing, 1998 Sinauer associates, Inc. p.545 Photoreceptor inner and outer segments top table
Primary Source Pugh EN Jr, Lamb TD. Amplification and kinetics of the activation steps in phototransduction. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1993 Mar 1 1141(2-3):111-49.PubMed ID8382952
Comments Length of 20µm given by Rieke and Baylor, 1998 DOI: link p.1030 right column bottom paragraph
Entered by Uri M
ID 109779