The chemical reactions involving rhodopsin, a brilliant purplish-red, light-sensitive visual pigment found in the rod cells of the retinas.

The chemical reactions involving siroheme, a tetrahydroporphyrin with adjacent, reduced pyrrole rings.

A viral process characterized by (a) the lack of efficient expression of all the viral genes that are transcribed during productive infection, and (b) the activation of a unique latent transcriptional progam.

The directed movement of prostaglandins into, out of, within or between cells.

The chemical reactions involving ocellus pigments, any general or particular coloring matter in living organisms, found or utilized in the ocellus, a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates.

The directed movement of taurine into, out of, within or between cells.

The reactivation of a virus from a latent to a lytic state.

The molecular events that lead to the integration of a viral genome into the host genome.

Interactions, directly with the host cell macromolecular machinery, to allow virus replication.

The directed movement of sialic acid into, out of, within or between cells.

The breakdown into simpler components of aldehydes, any organic compound with the formula R-CH=O.

The lipid bilayer and associated glycoproteins that surround many types of virus particle.

Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the removal of acetyl groups from histones.

positive regulation of histone deacetylation

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the removal of acetyl groups from histones.

The formation from simpler components of a polyol, any polyhydric alcohol.

The breakdown into simpler components of a polyol, any polyhydric alcohol.

The process by which the anatomical structures of the hair follicle are generated and organized.

Cleavage of double-stranded RNA molecules by an RNaseIII-family enzyme to produce small RNAs (generally 20-30 nucleotides, depending on species) with biological function.

Any process involved in the conversion of a primary microRNA transcript into a pre-microRNA molecule.