G protein subtype specificity of rhodopsin intermediates metarhodopsin Ib and metarhodopsin II

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-62

  Morizumi, Takefumi ^a   Kimata, Naoki ^a   Terakita, Akihisa ^b   Imamoto, Yasushi ^a   Yamashita, Takahiro ^a   Shichida, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RHODOPSIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 58349097215     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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