G Protein-Coupled ReceptorProtein Interactions (Receptor Biochemistry and Methodology)
Contributors: Susan R. George (Editor); Brian F. O'Dowd (Editor)
Publisher: Wiley-Liss
Published: March 31, 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780471235460
First sentence: Rhodopsin, the visual pigment expressed in rod photoreceptor cells of the vertebrate retina (Fig. 1.1), consists of the apoprotein opsin and the chromophore 11-cis-retinal (Ebrey and Koutalos, 2001; Hargrave, 2001; Filipek et al., 2003b).