Interaction of glutamic-acid-rich proteins with the cGMP signalling pathway in rod photoreceptors

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6746, 1999, Pages 761-766

  Körschen, Heinz G ^a   Beyermann, Michael ^b   Müller, Frank ^a   Heck, Martin ^c   Vantler, Merius ^a   Koch, Karl Wilhelm ^a   Kellner, Roland ^d,f   Wolfrum, Uwe ^d,e   Bode, Christian ^d,e   Hofmann, Klaus Peter ^c   Kaupp, U Benjamin ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^f MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CATTLE; CYCLIC GMP; EYE PROTEINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS; RODS (RETINA); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 0037631400     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/23468     Document Type: Article

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