Photoreceptor morphogenesis in the Drosophila compound eye: R1-R6 rhabdomeres become twisted just before eclosion.

doi:10.1002/cne.21030

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Photoreceptor morphogenesis in the Drosophila compound eye: R1-R6 rhabdomeres become twisted just before eclosion.

The Journal of comparative neurology - 1 Sept 2006

Baumann Otto, Lutz Kathleen

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The photosensitive microvilli of Drosophila photoreceptors R1-R6 are not aligned in parallel over the entire length of the visual cells. In the distal half of each cell, the microvilli are slightly tilted toward one side and, in the proximal half, extremely toward the opposite side. This phenomenon, termed rhabdomere twisting, has been known for several decades, but the developmental and cell biological basis of...

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Animals
Cell Differentiation
Cell Polarity
Dark Adaptation
Drosophila melanogaster
Eye
Light
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Microvilli
Mutation
Phosphotyrosine
Photic Stimulation
Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate

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PMID: 16856177
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21030

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