Photoreceptor membrane proteins, phototransduction, and retinal degenerative diseases: The Friedenwald Lecture

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2493-2513

  Molday, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b 2146 Health Sciences Mall ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PERIPHERIN; EYE PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL;

CATTLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ANIMAL; ART; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CANADA; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; METABOLISM; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; EYE PROTEINS; FLORIDA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PORTRAITS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

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