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Time course of retinal degeneration associated with the absence of 1, 4, 5-inositol trisphosphate receptor in Drosophila melanogaster.
Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) - 1 Mar 2010
Vázquez-Martínez Olivia, Loranca Angélica, Palma-Tirado Lourdes, Wischin-Fuentes Sabina, Villalobos-Leal Mónica, Antaramián Anaid, Riesgo-Escovar Juan, Hernández-Muñoz Rolando, Díaz-Muñoz Mauricio
Abstract excerpt
The absence of the inositol trisphosphate receptor is associated with a gradual retinal degeneration in Drosophila melanogaster. To characterize the time-course profile of this process, mosaic flies expressing a null allele of the itp gene in the eye were studied by electroretinograms and electronic microscopy. Membrane contour alterations, disrupted mitochondria, altered morphology and even loss of...
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