Dark-dependent soluble guanylyl cyclase activity in locust photoreceptor cells

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1417, 1999, Pages 413-419

  Jones, Ian W ^a   Elphick, Maurice R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Insect; Nitric oxide; Phototransduction; Schistocerca gregaria; Soluble guanylyl cyclase

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPOUND EYE; DARKNESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIGHT; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0033593960     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0653     Document Type: Article

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