Activation and inactivation steps in the visual transduction pathway

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 500-504

  Palczewski, Krzysztof ^a   Saari, John C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE CYCLASE; OPSIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RETINA S ANTIGEN; RHODOPSIN; TRANSDUCIN;

DARK ADAPTATION; DESENSITIZATION; HUMAN; LIGHT ADAPTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031426001     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80029-3     Document Type: Article

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