Studies on the structure of ocellar photoreceptor cells of Drosophila melanogaster with special reference to subrhabdomeric cisternae

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-85

  Yoon, Chun Sik ^a   Hirosawa, Kazushige ^a   Suzuki, Emiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster (Insecta); Electron microscopy; Immuno electron microscopy; Ocellus; Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein; Photoreceptor cells; Retinal degeneration; Subrhabdomeric cisternae

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPOUND EYE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, INSECT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROVILLI; MUTATION; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 0029942443     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050568     Document Type: Article

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