Photoreceptors and Calcium
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Wolfgang Baehr
This book is co-published with Springer.
Please click here to purchase this book at the Springer site. ISBN: 978-0-306-47415-6 Pub date: 2002-11-01 632 pages |
Table of contentsCalcium and phototransduction The calcium gradient along the rod outer segment The time course of light adaptation in vertebrate retinal rods S-modulin Ca2+-dependent control of rhodopsin phosphorylation: recoverin and rhodopsin kinase Recoverin and rhodopsin kinase Pathological roles of recoverin in cancer-associated retinopathy RGS9-1 phosphorylation and Ca2+ Phosphorylation by cyclin-dependent protein kinase 5 of the regulatory subunit (Pg) of retinal cGMP phosphodiesterase (PDE6): its implications in phototransduction Centrins, a novel group of Ca2+-binding proteins in vertebrate photoreceptor cells Tuning outer segment Ca2+ homeostasis to phototransduction in rods and cones Regulation of the rod photoreceptor cyclic nucleotide-gated channel Ca2+ channels in the RPE The retinal rod and cone Na+/Ca2+-K+ exchangers The complex of cGMP-gated channel and Na+/Ca2+-K+ exchanger in rod photoreceptors Regulation of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels in bipolar cells in divalent cations and polyamines Site-directed and natural mutations in studying functional domains in guanylyl cyclase activating proteins (GCAPs) Calmodulin and Ca2+-binding proteins (CaBPs): variations on a theme GCAPs: Ca2+-sensitive regulators of retGC Structure and membrane-targeting mechanism of retinal Ca2+-binding proteins, recoverin and GCAP-2 Target recognition of guanylate cyclase by guanylate cyclase-activating proteins Mouse models to study GCAP functions in intact photoreceptors Calcium-dependent activation of guanylate cyclase by S100b The role of cadherins in Ca2+-mediated cell adhesion and inherited photoreceptor degeneration Guanylate cyclase-activating proteins, guanylate cyclase and disease Using mutant mice to study the role of voltage-gated calcium channels in the retina Caldendrins in the inner retina Calcium channels at the photoreceptor synapse On bipolar cells: following in the footsteps of phototransduction Ca2+ regulation of Drosophila phototransduction Simultaneous roles for Ca2+ excitation and adaptation of Limulus ventral photoreceptors Calcium homeostasis in fly photoreceptor cells Photoreceptor degeneration and Ca2+ influx through light-activated channels of Drosophila The TRP calcium channel and retinal degeneration |
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