Excess of Gβe over Gqαe in vivo prevents dark, spontaneous activity of Drosophila photoreceptors

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 517-526

  Elia, Natalie ^a   Frechter, Shahar ^a   Gedi, Yinon ^a   Minke, Baruch ^a   Selinger, Zvi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNITS; LIGHT; MUTATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RHODOPSIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 27744476340     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200506082     Document Type: Article

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