Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate: Function in Photoreceptors
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- 15 October 1971
- journal article
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- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 174 (4006) , 295-297
Abstract
Inactivation of adenylate cyclase in outer segments of retinal photoreceptor cells is proportional to the bleaching of rhodopsin. Membranes of the outer segments also contain a particulate, light-insensitive phosphodiesterase of high specific activity. In electrophysiological experiments, application of cyclic adenosine monophosphate along with a methylxanthine mimics the effects of illumination on the photoreceptor cell of the compound eye of Limulus.Keywords
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