Molecular basis of dark adaptation in rod photoreceptors

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 511-520

  Leibrock, C S ^a   Reuter, T ^b   Lamb, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Dark adaptation; Metarhodopsin; Noise; Photoreceptors; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYLAMINE; OPSIN; RETINA S ANTIGEN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; DARK ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RETINA ROD; TOAD; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 2642675217     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.139     Document Type: Article

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