Latencies of calcium elevation and depolarization in Limulus ventral photoreceptors injected with GDP-βS

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 91-95

  Payne, Richard ^a   Ukhanov, Kyrill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Confocal microscopy; Limulus polyphemus; Photoreceptor; Transduction

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (2 THIODIPHOSPHATE);

ANIMAL CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIMULUS; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 0030220751     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(96)07302-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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