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Protein translocation in photoreceptor light adaptation: a common theme in vertebrate and invertebrate vision.

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Arshavsky, VY
Published in: Sci STKE
October 14, 2003

How do our eyes adjust to daily light levels that vary by almost 11 orders of magnitude? Research shows that, in both vertebrates and invertebrates, signaling proteins are translocated in a light-dependent manner between the photoreceptor cellular compartments where visual transduction takes place, and the rest of the photoreceptor cell. Protein translocation is likely to contribute to photoreceptor light adaptation by adjusting the sensitivity and speed of photoresponse to ever-changing conditions of ambient illumination.

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1525-8882

Publication Date

October 14, 2003

Volume

2003

Issue

204

Start / End Page

PE43

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Protein Transport
  • Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate
  • Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate
  • Humans
  • Eye Proteins
  • Animals
  • Adaptation, Ocular
 

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Arshavsky, V. Y. (2003). Protein translocation in photoreceptor light adaptation: a common theme in vertebrate and invertebrate vision. Sci STKE, 2003(204), PE43. https://doi.org/10.1126/stke.2003.204.pe43
Arshavsky, Vadim Y. “Protein translocation in photoreceptor light adaptation: a common theme in vertebrate and invertebrate vision.Sci STKE 2003, no. 204 (October 14, 2003): PE43. https://doi.org/10.1126/stke.2003.204.pe43.
Arshavsky, Vadim Y. “Protein translocation in photoreceptor light adaptation: a common theme in vertebrate and invertebrate vision.Sci STKE, vol. 2003, no. 204, Oct. 2003, p. PE43. Pubmed, doi:10.1126/stke.2003.204.pe43.

Published In

Sci STKE

DOI

EISSN

1525-8882

Publication Date

October 14, 2003

Volume

2003

Issue

204

Start / End Page

PE43

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Protein Transport
  • Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate
  • Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate
  • Humans
  • Eye Proteins
  • Animals
  • Adaptation, Ocular