| id | GO:0016057 Detailed information
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| name | regulation of membrane potential in photoreceptor cell
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "Hyperpolarization (vertebrates) or depolarization (invertebrates) of the photoreceptor cell membrane via closing/opening of cation specific channels as a result of signals generated by rhodopsin activation by a photon." [GOC:dph, GOC:hb, GOC:tb]
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| synonym | "changes in polarization state of photoreceptor cell membrane" EXACT [GOC:dph, GOC:tb]
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| is_a | GO:0042391 ! regulation of membrane potential
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| relationship | part_of GO:0016056 ! rhodopsin mediated signaling pathway
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