The molecular mechanism of visual excitation and its relation to the structure and composition of the rod outer segment

Annu Rev Physiol. 1987:49:765-91. doi: 10.1146/annurev.ph.49.030187.004001.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cyclic GMP / physiology*
  • Eye Proteins / physiology
  • Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins*
  • Membrane Proteins / physiology
  • Photoreceptor Cells / physiology*
  • Retinal Pigments / physiology*
  • Rhodopsin / physiology*
  • Rod Cell Outer Segment / physiology*
  • Transducin
  • Vision, Ocular*

Substances

  • Eye Proteins
  • GNAT1 protein, human
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Retinal Pigments
  • Rhodopsin
  • Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins
  • Transducin
  • Cyclic GMP