Photoreceptors and Calcium /
This volume foxuses on the status of Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> ions in regulation of phototransduction, light adaptation and the recovery phase in vertebrate photoreceptors. Particular emphasis is given to Ca<SUP>2+</SUP>-binding proteins and their targets, among them particulate guany...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Springer US,
2003.
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| Series: | Advances in experimental medicine and biology ;
514. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This volume foxuses on the status of Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> ions in regulation of phototransduction, light adaptation and the recovery phase in vertebrate photoreceptors. Particular emphasis is given to Ca<SUP>2+</SUP>-binding proteins and their targets, among them particulate guanylate cyclases, GPCR-coupled kinases and cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channels. The book also expands our understanding of events invovling Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> in the retinal pigment epithelium, in synaptic transmission and secondary retinal neurons. A significant part of the book is dedicated to the role of Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> in invertebrate phototransduction, the best-studied phospholipid-mediated signal transduction pathway. Several chapters explore association of gene defects with human retina disease and the generation of animal models of retinal degeneration. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (632 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781461501213 (electronic bk.) 1461501210 (electronic bk.) |