Molecular mechanisms in visual transduction / editors, D.G. Stavenga, W.J. DeGrip, E.N. Pugh, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeGrip, W. J.

Pugh, E. N. (Edward N.)

Stavenga, D. G. (Doekele Gerben), 1942-

Series:

Handbook of biological physics 1383-8121 ; v.3.

Handbook of biological physics, 1383-8121 ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Visual pigments--Mechanism of action.

Visual pigments.

Cellular control mechanisms.

Cellular signal transduction.

Retinal Pigments--analysis.

Light Signal Transduction.

Signal Transduction.

Medical Subjects:

Retinal Pigments--analysis.

Light Signal Transduction.

Signal Transduction.

Physical Description:

xiv, 581 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2000.

Contents:

Structure and mechanism of vertebrate visual pigments / W.J. DeGrip and K.J. Rothschild

The primary photoreaction of rhodopsin / R.A. Mathies and J. Lugtenburg

Late photoproducts and signaling states of bovine rhodopsin / K.P. Hofmann

Ion channels of vertebrate photoreceptors / R.S. Molday and U.B. Kaupp

Phototransduction in vertebrate rods and cones : molecular mechanisms of amplification, recovery and light adaptation / E.N. Pugh Jr and T.D. Lamb

Comparative molecular biology of visual pigments / S. Yokoyama and R. Yokoyama

Invertebrate visual pigments / W. Gärtner

Phototransduction mechanisms in microvillar and ciliary photoreceptors of invertebrates / E. Nasi, M. del Pilar Gomez and R. Payne

Genetic dissection of Drosophila phototransduction / B. Minke and R.C. Hardie

Modeling primary visual processes in insect photoreceptors / D.G. Stavenga, J. Oberwinkler and M. Postma.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0444501029

OCLC:

45736412