Homothorax switches function of Drosophila photoreceptors from color to polarized light sensors

Cell

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-279

  Wernet, Mathias F ^a   Labhart, Thomas ^b   Baumann, Franziska ^b   Mazzoni, Esteban O ^a   Pichaud, Franck ^a,c   Desplan, Claude ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADOPTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; COLOR; COLOR VISION; DROSOPHILA; EYE; HOMOTHORAX; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0242495890     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00848-1     Document Type: Article

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