Analysis of photoreceptor membrane turnover in a Drosophila visual mutant, rdgA, by electron microscope autoradiography.

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Analysis of photoreceptor membrane turnover in a Drosophila visual mutant, rdgA, by electron microscope autoradiography.

Journal of electron microscopy - 1 Jan 1990

Suzuki E, Hirosawa K, Hotta Y

Abstract excerpt

A Drosophila visual mutant, rdgA, has photoreceptor cells whose rhabdomeres degenerate in several days after eclosion. Incorporations of 3H-amino acids, and 3H-mannose and 3H-glucosamine residues into the photoreceptive membranes were studied in newly emerged rdgA mutant flies by electron microsc...

Topics

Amino Acids
Animals
Autoradiography
Cell Membrane
Drosophila
Glucosamine
Glycoproteins
Mannose
Microscopy, Electron
Microvilli
Mutation
Photoreceptor Cells
Retina

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