title: Cyclic GMP releases calcium from leaky rod outer segments.
abstract: We show that cyclic GMP promotes the release of calcium from disks in whole rod outer segments by two different techniques. Most likely cyclic GMP causes a change in the permeability of the disk membrane.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D012374:Rod Cell Outer Segment / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006152:Cyclic GMP; D002118:Calcium