Light-induced cGMP-phosphodiesterase activity in intact rat retinal rod cells as revealed by rapid-freezing enzyme cytochemistry

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 527-533

  Takizawa, Toshihiro ^a   Takizawa, Takami ^a,b   Iwasaki, Hideaki ^a   Saito, Takuma ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANEBO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

cGMP phosphodiesterase; Light adaptation; Phototransduction; Rapid freezing enzyme cytochemistry; Rat retinas; Transducin GTPase

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ACCELERATION; BIOMOLECULES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTERS; FREEZING; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

CYCLIC GUANOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE-PHOSPHODIESTERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINES; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MONOPHOSPHATES; PHOSPHODIESTERASES; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RAPID FREEZING; RAPID-FREEZING ENZYME CYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT RETINA; TRANSDUCIN; TRANSDUCIN GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

RATS;

EID: 0031743882     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023624     Document Type: Article

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