Overexpression of rhodopsin alters the structure and photoresponse of rod photoreceptors

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 939-950

  Wen, Xiao Hong ^a   Shen, Lixin ^b   Brush, Richard S ^c   Michaud, Norman ^a   Al Ubaidi, Muayyad R ^c   Gurevich, Vsevolod V ^b   Hamm, Heidi E ^b   Lem, Janis ^d   Dibenedetto, Emmanuele ^b   Anderson, Robert E ^c   Makino, Clint L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RHODOPSIN; TRANSDUCIN; FATTY ACID; SCOTOPSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; EMBRYO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETINA ROD; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RHODOPSIN; ROD OPSINS;

EID: 61549103124     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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