Drosophila crumbs is required to inhibit light-induced photoreceptor degeneration

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 1675-1680

  Johnson, Kevin ^a   Grawe, Ferdi ^a   Grzeschik, Nicola ^a   Knust, Elisabeth ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUMBS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS, NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; LIGHT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; VIRAL PROTEINS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; CYPOVIRUS; HEXAPODA; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES;

EID: 0036795371     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01180-6     Document Type: Article

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