Modeling the role of incisures in vertebrate phototransduction

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1192-1212

  Caruso, Giovanni ^a   Bisegna, Paolo ^b   Shen, Lixin ^c   Andreucci, Daniele ^d   Hamm, Heidi E ^b   DiBenedetto, Emmanuele ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICAL EQUIPMENT; CALIBRATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; SECOND MESSENGER; SIMULATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746790751     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.083618     Document Type: Article

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