Localization of a visual Gq protein in the photoreceptors of a polychaete, Perinereis brevicirris (Annelida)

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 427-431

  Miyako Shimazaki, Yumiko ^a,d   Shimazaki, Youji ^b   Ohtsu, Kohzoh ^c   Yamamoto, Masamichi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

G protein; Immunoblotting; Immunoelectron microscopy; Immunohistology; Ocellus; Perinereis brevicirris (Annelida); Phototransduction; Rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROVILLUS; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYCHAETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; BOVINAE; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PERINEREIS; PERINEREIS BREVICIRRIS; POLYCHAETA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032944224     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051302     Document Type: Article

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