Visual pigment: G-protein-coupled receptor for light signals

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1299-1315

  Shichida, Y ^a   Imai, H ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color vision; G protein; Molecular evolution; Photosignal transduction; Receptor protein; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

11 CIS RETINAL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RETINAL; VISUAL PIGMENT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATOPHORE; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY; LIGHT; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTORECEPTORS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032412196     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050256     Document Type: Review

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