An eye-specific G beta subunit essential for termination of the phototransduction cascade.

doi:10.1038/370059a0

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An eye-specific G beta subunit essential for termination of the phototransduction cascade.

Nature - 7 Jul 1994

Dolph P J, Man-Son-Hing H, Yarfitz S, Colley N J, Deer J R, Spencer M, Hurley J B, Zuker C S

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Heterotrimeric G proteins couple various receptors to intracellular effector molecules. Although the role of the G alpha subunit in effector activation, guanine nucleotide exchange and GTP hydrolysis has been well studied, the cellular functions of the G beta subunits are less well understood. G...

Topics

Animals
Calcium
Drosophila melanogaster
Electrophysiology
Eye
GTP-Binding Proteins
In Vitro Techniques
Kinetics
Light
Mutation
Neural Conduction
Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate
Rhodopsin

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