Covalent activation of retinal rod cGMP-gated channels reveals a functional heterogeneity in the ligand binding sites

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-181

  Karpen, Jeffrey W ^a   Brown, R Lane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RS Dow Neurological Sciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHANNEL GATING; DOSE RESPONSE; ION CURRENT; LIGAND BINDING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; RETINA ROD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL STIMULATION; XENOPUS;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CYCLIC GMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; LIGANDS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POPULATION; RANA PIPIENS; RODS (RETINA); TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029912459     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.107.2.169     Document Type: Article

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