About the Authors
- Alejandra Young
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Affiliations Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Meisheng Jiang
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Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Ying Wang
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Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Novruz B. Ahmedli
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Affiliation Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- John Ramirez
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Affiliation Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Benjamin E. Reese
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Affiliation Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
- Lutz Birnbaumer
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Affiliation Laboratory of Neurobiology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Debora B. Farber
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* E-mail: farber@jsei.ucla.edu
Affiliations Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AY DBF. Performed the experiments: AY. Analyzed the data: AY BER DBF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJ DBF. Wrote the paper: AY BER DBF. Helped with the design of some experiments and discussion of results: MY. Prepared Gαi vectors for binding experiments: YW. Contributed with the troubleshooting and discussion of molecular experiments: NBA. Carried out the electroretinographs of mice: JR. Contributed with Gai knockout mice: LB.