Expression of Drosophila rhodopsins during photoreceptor cell differentiation: Insights into R7 and R8 cell subtype commitment

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 687-694

  Earl, James B ^a   Britt, Steven G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate determination; Color vision; Commitment; Development; Differentiation; Drosophila melanogaster; Eye; Ospin; Photoreceptor; Polarization sensitivity; Real time RT PCR; Retina; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; RHODOPSIN 3; RHODOPSIN 4; RHODOPSIN 5; RHODOPSIN 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 33746505584     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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