GTPase regulators and photoresponses in cones of the eastern chipmunk

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1287-1297

  Zhang, Xue ^a   Wensel, Theodore G ^a   Kraft, Timothy W ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cones; G proteins; PDE ; Phosphodiesterase; Photoreceptors; Retina; RGS proteins; Rods; Vision

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC GMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ISOPROTEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD;

EID: 0037443110     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-04-01287.2003     Document Type: Article

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