In vitro assays of rod and cone opsin activity: Retinoid analogs as agonists and inverse agonists

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 652, Issue , 2010, Pages 85-94

  Kono, Masahiro ^a   Crouch, Rosalie K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

cone opsin; cone pigment; G protein coupled receptor; Retinal analog; rhodopsin; transducin

Indexed keywords

CONE OPSIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; RETINAL; SCOTOPSIN; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; INVERSE AGONISM; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CONE OPSINS; COS CELLS; DRUG INVERSE AGONISM; HUMANS; RETINALDEHYDE; ROD OPSINS; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 77956408115     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-325-1_4     Document Type: Article

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