Light-dependent K+ channels in the mollusc Onchidium simple photoreceptors are opened by cGMP

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 581-597

  Gotow, Tsukasa ^a,b,c   Nishi, Takako ^a,b,c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CGMP gated K+ channels; Guanylate cyclase activated by light; Phototransduction in vertebrates and invertebrates; Primitive vision

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; SECOND MESSENGER;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC GMP; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIGHT; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTORECEPTORS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SNAILS;

EID: 0036795309     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.20028619     Document Type: Article

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