Rhodopsin activation causes retinal degeneration in Drosophila rdgC mutant.

doi:10.1016/0896-6273(90)90141-2

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Rhodopsin activation causes retinal degeneration in Drosophila rdgC mutant.

Neuron - 1 Jun 1990

Steele F, O'Tousa J E

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Drosophila rdgC (retinal degeneration-C) mutants show normal retinal morphology and photoreceptor physiology at young ages. Dark-reared rdgC flies retain this wild-type phenotype, but light-reared mutants undergo retinal degeneration. rdgC photoreceptors with low levels of rhodopsin as a result o...

Topics

Aging
Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Drosophila
Electrophysiology
Light
Microscopy, Electron
Mutation
Phenotype
Photoreceptor Cells
Retinal Degeneration
Retinal Pigments
Rhodopsin
Type C Phospholipases

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