Dynamics of mouse rod phototransduction and its sensitivity to variation of key parameters

IET Systems Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-32

  Shen, L ^a   Caruso, G ^b   Bisegna, P ^c   Andreucci, D ^d   Gurevich, V V ^a   Hamm, H E ^a   DiBenedetto, E ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION/DEACTIVATION; AVERAGE LIFETIME; BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; CATIONIC CHANNELS; CONSERVATION OF MASS; ENERGY FLUXES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FUNCTIONAL MODULES; G PROTEIN; GEOMETRICAL DOMAIN; GUANOSINES; HYDROLYSIS RATE; ISOMERISATION; KEY PARAMETERS; LAYERED ARRAYS; MONOPHOSPHATES; OUTER SEGMENTS; PHOSPHODIESTERASES; PHOTORESPONSES; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; ROD PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; SECOND MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY TO VARIATIONS; SINGLE PHOTONS; SIZE AND SHAPE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; VISUAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CYCLIC GMP; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VISION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIC GMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIGHT; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHODOPSIN; ROD CELL OUTER SEGMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 77950365398     PISSN: 17518849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-syb.2008.0154     Document Type: Article

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