Phospholipase C-mediated suppression of dark noise enables single-photon detection in Drosophila photoreceptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2722-2733

  Katz, Ben ^a   Minke, Baruch ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; MOESIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN NORPA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MALE; MUTANT; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84857402876     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5221-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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