The 9-methyl group of retinal is essential for rapid Meta II decay and phototransduction quenching in red cones

Maureen E. Estevez, Alexander V. Kolesnikov, Petri Ala-Laurila, Rosalie K. Crouch, Victor I. Govardovskii, M. Carter Cornwall

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Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of General Physiology
Volume134
Pages (from-to)137-150
Number of pages14
ISSN0022-1295
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

  • VISUAL-PIGMENT
  • ROD PHOTORECEPTORS
  • DARK-ADAPTATION
  • BLEACHING ADAPTATION
  • MOLECULAR-PROPERTIES
  • LIGHT ADAPTATION
  • RHODOPSIN
  • TRANSDUCTION
  • CHROMOPHORE
  • ACTIVATION
  • 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology
  • Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception

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