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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Signal TransductionVision

Narrower (1)

rhodopsin mediated signaling pathway

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Reversible Phosphorylation of the Signal Transduction Complex in Drosophila Photoreceptors*
In the Drosophila visual cascade, the transient receptor potential (TRP) calcium channel, phospholipase Cβ (no-receptor-potential… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Functional effect of phosphorylation of the photoreceptor phosphodiesterase inhibitory subunit by protein kinase C.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Effects of carboxyl methylation of photoreceptor G protein gamma-subunit in visual transduction.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Deactivation of visual transduction without guanosine triphosphate hydrolysis by G protein.
G proteins couple receptors to their target enzymes in many signal transduction cascades. It has generally been thought that… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Transducin activation in electropermeabilized frog rod outer segments is highly amplified, and a portion equivalent to phosphodiesterase remains membrane-bound.
1989
1989
Expression in bacteria of functional inhibitory subunit of retinal rod cGMP phosphodiesterase.
The cGMP phosphodiesterase of vertebrate retinal rod outer segments plays a key role in visual transduction. A functionally… 
1986
1986
Rapid declines in cyclic GMP of rod outer segments of intact frog photoreceptors after illumination.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Retinal rod outer segment lipids form bilayers in the presence and absence of rhodopsin: a 31P NMR study
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The control of phosphodiesterase in rod disk membranes: Kinetics, possible mechanisms and significance for vision
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The molecular mechanism of excitation in visual transduction and bacteriorhodopsin.
An electronic theory of excitation is proposed and described in terms of a three-dimensional excited/ground-state energy surface… 
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