Molecular and immunological characterization of a Gq protein from ventral and lateral eye of the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus

Invertebrate Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-182

  Munger, Steven D ^a,b   Schremser Berlin, Jeri Lynn ^a,c   Brink, Christine M ^a   Battelle, Barbara Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein; Gq; IP3; Limulus; Photoreceptor; Phototransduction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EYE PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EYE; GENETICS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LIMULUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HORSESHOE CRABS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030324530     PISSN: 13542516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02214173     Document Type: Article

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