Vitamin A, visual pigments, and visual receptors in Drosophila

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 418-430

  Lee, Ronnie D ^a,c   Thomas, Charles F ^b   Marietta, Robert G ^a   Stark, William S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Compound eye; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence; Morphometry; Mutants; Retinoic acid; Retinula cells; Rhabdomeres; Rhodopsin; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

COMPOUND EYE; DROSOPHILLA; MORPHOMETRY; MUTANT; RETINOIC ACIDS; RETINULUM CELL; RHABDOMERE; RHODOPSIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITAMIN A;

CAROTENOIDS;

RETINOL; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GOLGI COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030472528     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19961215)35:6<418::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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