Article
The Role of Intraflagellar Transport in the Photoreceptor Sensory Cilium.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2016
Taub Daniel G, Liu Qin
Abstract excerpt
The photoreceptor is a complex specialized cell in which a major component responsible for visual transduction is the photoreceptor sensory cilium (PSC). Building and maintenance of the PSC requires the transport of large proteins along microtubules that extend from the inner segments to the outer segments. A key process, termed intraflagellar transport (IFT), has been recognized as an essential phenomenon for...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Transport
- Carrier Proteins
- Cilia
- Cytoplasmic Dyneins
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Mutation
- Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate
- Retinal Photoreceptor Cell Outer Segment
