The extraretinal eyelet of Drosophila: Development, ultrastructure, and putative circadian function

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 9255-9266

  Helfrich Förster, Charlotte ^a   Edwards, Tara ^b   Yasuyama, Kouji ^c   Wisotzki, Barbara ^d   Schneuwly, Stephan ^a,b   Stanewsky, Ralf ^a,d   Meinertzhagen, Ian A ^a   Hofbauer, Alois ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bolwig's organ; Circadian rhythm; Compound eye; Drosophila melanogaster; Extraretinal photoreceptors; Insect; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; BOLWIG ORGAN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EYE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0036849579     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-21-09255.2002     Document Type: Article

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