Time-resolved rhodopsin activation currents in a unicellular expression system

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1333-1357

  Sullivan, Jack M ^a   Shukla, Pragati ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 CIS RETINAL; AMINO ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE CURRENT; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032818666     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)76983-3     Document Type: Article

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