G-protein deactivation is rate-limiting for shut-off of the phototransduction cascade

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6649, 1997, Pages 392-395

  Sagoo, Mandeep S ^a   Lagnado, Leon ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RETINA; SALAMANDER;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; LIGHT; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA); TRANSDUCIN;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030867457     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/38750     Document Type: Article

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