Participation of GTP-binding protein in the photo-transduction of Paramecium bursaria

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 469-474

  Shinozawa, Takao ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Fujita, Jun ^a   Nakaoka, Yasuo ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GTP binding protein; Paramecium bursaria; Photo transduction; Rhodopsin like protein

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT;

ANURA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA;

EID: 0030439485     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.21.469     Document Type: Article

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