Tokay gecko photoreceptors achieve rod-like physiology with cone-like proteins

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1452-1460

  Zhang, Xue ^a,c   Wensel, Theodore G ^a   Yuan, Ching ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EYE PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIZARD; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONES (RETINA); DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EYE PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; LIZARDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTORECEPTORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RODS (RETINA); TRANSDUCIN;

GEKKO GECKO; GEKKONIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846514710     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2006-01-05-RA-767     Document Type: Article

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