Reciprocity between light intensity and rhodopsin concentration across the rat retina

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 516, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 869-874

  Williams, T P ^a   Squitieri, A ^a   Henderson, R P ^a   Webbers, J P P ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA ROD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0033135333     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0869u.x     Document Type: Article

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