Recent advances in our understanding of rhodopsin and phototransduction

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 733-759

  Pepe, Isidoro Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); BATHORHODOPSIN; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; LANTHANUM; OPSIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RETINAL; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSDUCIN; VANADIC ACID; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0034808762     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(01)00013-1     Document Type: Review

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