Iroquois complex genes induce co-expression of rhodopsins in Drosophila

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 825-835

  Mazzoni, Esteban O ^a,b   Celik, Arzu ^a,c   Wernet, Mathias F ^a,d   Vasiliauskas, Daniel ^a   Johnston, Robert J ^a   Cook, Tiffany A ^a,e   Pichaud, Franck ^a,f   Desplan, Claude ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN; CAUP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EYE COLOR; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IROQUOIS COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; SENSORY RECEPTOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; RETINA; RHODOPSIN; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 43249088880     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060097     Document Type: Article

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