Rhodopsin plays an essential structural role in Drosophila photoreceptor development

Development

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 4359-4370

  Kumar, Justin P ^a   Ready, Donald F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Eye; Myosin; ninaE; Photoreceptor; Rhabdomere; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; MYOSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPOUND EYE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLES; MUTATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029588268     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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