Kinetics of recovery of the dark-adapted salamander

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-37

  Nikonov, S ^a,c   Engheta, N ^a,b   Pugh Jr , E N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Calcium; G protein cascade; Guanylyl cyclase; Photoreceptors; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHOLINE; CYCLIC GMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RHODOPSIN; RINGER ACETATE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COMPUTER MODEL; DARK ADAPTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CYCLIC GMP; DARK ADAPTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; ISOMERISM; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; KINETICS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPSIN; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS; TIME FACTORS; URODELA;

EID: 0031882962     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.111.1.7     Document Type: Article

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