Signal transduction in photoreceptor cells
Subtitle: proceedings of an international workshop, held at the Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Fed. Rep. of Germany, 8-11 August 1990
By: P.A. Hargrave, K.P. Hofmann, U.B. Kaupp, eds.
Contributors: Hargrave, P. A. 1938-; Hofmann, K. P. 1943-; Kaupp, U. B. 1949-; International Symposium on Signal Transduction in Photoreceptor Cells (1990 : Forschungszentrum Jülich)
Series: Research reports in physics
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Photoreceptors -- Congresses.; Cellular signal transduction -- Congresses.; Visual pigments -- Congresses.
Description: This book deals with the mechanism of signal transduction in vertebrate and invertebrate photoreceptors. It contains contributions on the structure and function of rhodopsin or other G-coupled receptors, on the regulation of second messengers by enzyme cascade, the role of Ca2+ in light adaptation, control of ionic channels in photoreceptor cells. Some key points: Rhodopsin - structure and function; transducin and phosphodiesterase; arrestin and kinase; cGMP-gated channel; role of Ca2+ in photoreceptors; transduction in invertebrates; eyes of halobacteria
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contains papers based at the International Symposium on Signal Transduction in Photoreceptor Cells.