Lessons from Photoreceptors: Turning off G-Protein Signaling in Living Cells

Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 72-84

  Burns, Marie E ^a   Pugh Jr , Edward N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; VISION;

ANIMALS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MICE; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 77951932145     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00001.2010     Document Type: Review

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