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Rod Cell Outer Segment

Known as: Outer segment of rod cell, Rod outer segment, Outer Segments, Rod 
A portion of the retinal rod cell largely consisting of a stack of discs (membrane infoldings that are incompletely separated in cones) that are… 
National Institutes of Health

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MicrobiologicalProcess of secretionRhodopsin, HumanStructure of neuroepithelial layer of retina (body structure)

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Rod Photoreceptors

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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Bleached Pigment Produces a Maintained Decrease in Outer Segment Ca2+ in Salamander Rods
A spot confocal microscope based on an argon ion laser was used to make measurements of cytoplasmic calcium concentration (Ca2+ i… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Protein rotational diffusion and lipid/protein interactions in recombinants of bovine rhodopsin with saturated diacylphosphatidylcholines of different chain lengths studied by conventional and…
Bovine rhodopsin has been reconstituted in seven different saturated diacylphosphatidylcholine species of odd and even chain… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Methylation and demethylation reactions of guanine nucleotide-binding proteins of retinal rod outer segments.
Retinal transducin was previously shown to be farnesylated on its gamma subunit. This farnesylation reaction on a cysteine… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Acylation of disc membrane rhodopsin may be nonenzymatic.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Amplification of phosphodiesterase activation is greatly reduced by rhodopsin phosphorylation.
In the vertebrate rod outer segment (ROS), the light-dependent activation of a GTP-binding protein (G-protein) and… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Light-induced dephosphorylation of a 33K protein in rod outer segments of rat retina.
Phosphorylated proteins may play an important role in regulating the metabolism or function of rod photoreceptors. In mammalian… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Characterization of bovine rod outer segment G-protein.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Neutron diffraction studies of retinal rod outer segment membranes
Neutron diffraction measurements on isolated retinal rod outer segments show that most of the visual pigment protein, rhodopsin… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
RENEWAL OF FATTY ACIDS IN THE MEMBRANES OF VISUAL CELL OUTER SEGMENTS
The renewal of fatty acids in the visual cells and pigment epithelium of the frog retina was studied by autoradiographic analysis… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
The problem of visual excitation.
This paper attempts to come to grips with the problem, how the action of light on a visual pigment results in a nervous… 
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