Molecular and cellular mechanisms of light-dependent protein translocation in the photoreceptor.

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Sokolov, M., Lyubarsky, A.L., Strissel, K.J., Savchenko, A.B., Govardovskii, V.I., Pugh, E.N. Jr., Arshavsky, V.Y. Massive light-driven translocation of transducin between the two major compartments of rod cells: a novel mechanism of light adaptation. Neuron (2002) 33, 95-106. [PDF 446KB]

Calvert, P.D., Strissel, K.J., Schiesser, W.E., Pugh, E.N., Jr., Arshavsky, V.Y. Light-driven translocation of signaling proteins in vertebrate photoreceptors. Trends Cell Biol. (2006) 16, 560-568. [PDF 1397KB]

Regulation of G-protein signaling.

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Martemyanov, K.A., Hopp, J.A., Arshavsky, V.Y. Specificity of G protein - RGS protein recognition is regulated by affinity adapters. Neuron (2003) 38, 857-862. [PDF 201KB]

Martemyanov, K.A., Yoo, P.J., Skiba, N.P., Arshavsky, V.Y. R7BP - a novel neuronal protein interacting with RGS proteins of the R7 family. J. Biol. Chem. (2005), 280, 5133-5136. [PDF 201KB]