GAP-independent termination of photoreceptor light response by excess γ subunit of the cGMP-phosphodiesterase

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 4472-4480

  Tsang, Steven H ^a   Woodruff, Michael L ^b   Chen, Ching Kang ^c   Yamashita, Clyde Y ^d   Cilluffo, Marianne C ^b   Rao, Anjali L ^c   Farber, Debora B ^d   Fain, Gordon L ^b,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein; Phosphodiesterase; Phototransduction; Retina; RGS protein; Rod

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 6; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RGS PROTEIN; TRANSDUCIN; TRANSDUCIN ALPHA GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OOCYTES; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 33646843031     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4775-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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