Stochastic simulation of the transducin GTPase cycle

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3051-3063

  Felber, S ^a,b   Breuer, H P ^b   Petruccione, F ^b   Honerkamp, J ^b   Hofmann, K P ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RHODOPSIN; TRANSDUCIN;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; PHOTOACTIVATION; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VISION;

EID: 0029731740     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79499-7     Document Type: Article

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