Two light-activated conductances in the eye of the green alga Volvox carteri

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1668-1678

  Braun, Franz Josef ^a   Hegemann, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; ENERGY; EYE; GREEN ALGA; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MUS; VOLVOX; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 0032981876     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77326-1     Document Type: Article

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