Algal rhodopsins: Phototaxis receptors found at last

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2002, Pages

  Ridge, Kevin D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; EUKARYOTA;

ALGAL PROTEIN; APOPROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLAMYOPSIN PROTEIN, CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; PROTON; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KINETICS; LIGHT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAL PROTEINS; ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOVEMENT; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTONS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RHODOPSINS, MICROBIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037015268     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01099-0     Document Type: Review

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