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Regulation of Photoresponses by Phosphorylation

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Gross, A.K., Wang, Q., Wensel, T.G. (2008). Regulation of Photoresponses by Phosphorylation. In: Tombran-Tink, J., Barnstable, C.J. (eds) Visual Transduction and Non-Visual Light Perception. Ophthalmology Research. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-374-5_6

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