Activation of rhodopsin: New insights from structural and biochemical studies

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 318-324

  Okada, Tetsuji ^a,b   Ernst, Oliver P ^d   Palczewski, Krzysztof ^c   Hofmann, Klaus Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RHODOPSIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CATALYSIS; CATTLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PHOTON; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE; VERTEBRATE; VISION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CYTOPLASM; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RETINAL DISEASES; RHODOPSIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035336676     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(01)01799-6     Document Type: Review

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