Effects of calcium and cyclopiazonic acid on the photoresponse in the Limulus ventral photoreceptor

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 446-455

  Dorlöchter, Marlies ^a,b   Yuan, Weijia ^a,c   Stieve, Hennig ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bumps; CPA; Current Components; Light Adaptation; Phototransduction

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; CYTOSOL; ENZYME INHIBITOR; LIMULUS; MICROSOME; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTORECEPTOR;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 17144473411     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1999-5-622     Document Type: Article

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