Light Signal Transduction, Visual

Known as: phototransduction, visible light, Visual Light Signal Transduction, Visual Phototransduction 
The sequence of reactions within a cell required to convert absorbed photons from visible light into a molecular signal. A visible light stimulus is… (More)
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rhodopsin mediated signaling pathway

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Light Signal Transduction, Visual
Signal Transduction
Vision
rhodopsin mediated signaling pathway

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Monomeric rhodopsin is sufficient for normal rhodopsin kinase (GRK1) phosphorylation and arrestin-1 binding.
G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) oligomerization has been observed in a wide variety of experimental contexts, but the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Novel features of cryptochrome-mediated photoreception in the brain circadian clock of Drosophila.
In Drosophila, light affects circadian behavioral rhythms via at least two distinct mechanisms. One of them relies on the visual… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Movement of retinal along the visual transduction path.
Movement of the ligand/receptor complex in rhodopsin (Rh) has been traced. Bleaching of diazoketo rhodopsin (DK-Rh) containing 11… (More)
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1997
1997
Single amino acid residue as a functional determinant of rod and cone visual pigments.
The visual transduction processes in rod and cone photoreceptor cells begin with photon absorption by the different types of… (More)
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1997
1997
Mechanism of quenching of phototransduction. Binding competition between arrestin and transducin for phosphorhodopsin.
Quenching of phototransduction in retinal rod cells involves phosphorylation of photoactivated rhodopsin by the enzyme rhodopsin… (More)
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1994
1994
Functional coupling of a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent nitric oxide synthase and a soluble guanylyl cyclase in vertebrate photoreceptor cells.
Electrophysiological recordings on retinal rod cells, horizontal cells and on-bipolar cells indicate that exogenous nitric oxide… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Photoreceptor deactivation and retinal degeneration mediated by a photoreceptor-specific protein kinase C.
The protein kinase C (PKC) family of serine-threonine kinases has been implicated in the regulation of a variety of signaling… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The ninaA gene required for visual transduction in Drosophila encodes a homologue of cyclosporin A-binding protein
MUTATIONS of the Drosophila melanogaster ninaA gene affect phototransduction: ninaA mutant flies have a 10-fold reduction in the… (More)
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Light-stimulated protein movement in rod photoreceptor cells of the rat retina.
We examined the intracellular distribution of three proteins involved in the cyclic GMP cascade of visual transduction; cGMP… (More)
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Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Intracellular recordings from gecko photoreceptors during light and dark adaptation
Intracellular recordings were obtained from rods in the Gekko gekko retina and the adaptation characteristics of their responses… (More)
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