Photoreceptors and Calcium

1. Calcium and phototransduction. 2 The calcium gradient along the rod outer segment. 3 The time course of light adaptation in vertebrate retinal rods. 4 S-Modulin. 5 Ca2+ Dependent control of rhodopsin phosphorylation: recoverin and rhodopsin kinase. 6 Recoverin and rhodopsin kinase. 7 Pathological roles of recoverin in cancer-associated retinopathy. 8 RGS9-1 phosphorylation and Ca2+. 9 Phosphorylation by cyclin-dependent protein kinase 5 of the regulation subunit of retinal cGMP phosphodiesterase (PDE6): its implications in phototransduction. 10 Centrins, a novel group of Ca2+-binding proteins in vertebrate photoreceptor cells. 11 Tuning outer segment Ca2+ homeostasis to phototransduction in rods and cones. 12 Regulation of the rod photoreceptor cyclic nucleotide-gated channel. 13 Ca2+ Channels in the RPE. 14 The retinal rod and cone Na+/Ca2+-K+ exchangers. 15 The complex of cGMP-GATED channel and Na+/Ca2+, K+exchanger in rod photoreceptors. 16 Regulation of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels in bipolar cells by divalent cations and polyamines. 17 Site-directed and natural mutations in studying functional domains in guanylyl cyclase activating proteins (GCAPs). 18 Calmodulin and Ca2+-binding proteins (CaBPs): variations on a theme. 19 GCAPs: Ca2+-sensitive regulators of retGC. 20 Structure and membrane-targeting mechanism of retinal Ca2+-binding proteins, recoverin and GCAP-2. 21 Target recognition of guanylate cyclase by guanylate cyclase-activating proteins. 22 Mouse models to study GCAP functions in intact photoreceptors. 23 Calcium-dependent activation of guanylate cyclase by S100b. 24 The role of cadherins in Ca2+-mediated cell adhesion and inherited photoreceptor degeneration. 25 Guanylate cyclase activating proteins, guanylate cyclase and disease. 26 Using mutant mice to study the role of voltage-gated calcium channels in the retina. 27 Caldendrins in the inner retina. 28 Calcium channels at the photoreceptor synapse. 29 On bipolar cells: following in the footsteps of phototransduction. 30 Ca2+ regulation of Drosophila phototransduction. 31 Simultaneous roles for Ca2+ in excitation and adaptation of Limulus ventral photoreceptors. 32 Calcium homeostasis in fly photoreceptor cells. 33 Photoreceptor degeneration and Ca2+ influx through light-activated channels of Drosophila. 34 The TRP calcium channel and retinal degeneration.