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Light Signal Transduction

Known as: Phototransduction, Signal Transduction, Light, Transduction, Light Signal 
The sequence of reactions within a cell required to convert absorbed photons into a molecular signal. [GOC:go_curators]
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2008
Review
2008
A model for transport of membrane-associated phototransduction polypeptides in rod and cone photoreceptor inner segments
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Impaired photoreceptor protein transport and synaptic transmission in a mouse model of Bardet–Biedl syndrome
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
A concept for G protein activation by G protein-coupled receptor dimers: the transducin/rhodopsin interface
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are ubiquitous and essential in modulating virtually all physiological processes. These… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Temporal kinetics of the light/dark translocation and compartmentation of arrestin and alpha-transducin in mouse photoreceptor cells.
PURPOSE To determine the temporal kinetics of the simultaneous translocation of arrestin and rod alpha-transducin in mice exposed… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Calcium controls light-triggered formation of catalytically active rhodopsin
BACKGROUND light reduces the gain of phototransduction in retinal rods so that the ability to register changes in light intensity… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Human rod photoreceptor cGMP-gated channel: amino acid sequence, gene structure, and functional expression
Phototransduction in retinal rods involves a G-protein-mediated signaling cascade that leads to cGMP hydrolysis and the closure… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Involvement of protein kinase C in the phosphorylation of rhodopsin.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Deactivation kinetics of the transduction cascade of vision.
The response of the retinal rod cell to a dim flash lasts less than a second. This phototransduction is mediated by a guanine… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Visinin: A novel calcium binding protein expressed in retinal cone cells
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Fluoroaluminates mimic guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate in activating the polyphosphoinositide phosphodiesterase of hepatocyte membranes. Role for the guanine nucleotide regulatory protein Gp in…
Fluoride and guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP gamma S) both activate the hepatocyte membrane polyphosphoinositide… 
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