Degeneration of photoreceptors in rhodopsin mutants of Drosophila.

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Degeneration of photoreceptors in rhodopsin mutants of Drosophila.

Journal of neurobiology - 1 Aug 1992

Leonard D S, Bowman V D, Ready D F, Pak W L

Abstract excerpt

Five different, well-characterized mutants of the R1-6 rhodopsin gene (ninaE), which corresponds to the rod opsin gene of vertebrates, have been examined morphologically as a function of age (up to 9 weeks) to determine whether or not the photoreceptors degenerate and to assess the pattern of deg...

Topics

Aging
Animals
Cell Membrane
Drosophila melanogaster
Microscopy, Electron
Mutation
Nerve Degeneration
Photoreceptor Cells
Retina
Rhodopsin

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