RGS9, a GTPase accelerator for phototransduction

Neuron

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-102

  He, Wei ^a   Cowan, Christopher W ^a   Wensel, Theodore G ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031936503     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80437-7     Document Type: Article

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