Article
Drosophila in vision research. The Friedenwald Lecture.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Nov 1995
Pak W L
Abstract excerpt
A genetic approach involving the use of ERG-defective Drosophila mutants, described in this article, was developed with the explicit goal of elucidating phototransduction and related photoreceptor events at the molecular level. Advances in the past 30 years have made this goal a reality. Although the phototransduction process in Drosophila is not yet fully understood, enormous strides are being made by many...
Topics
- Amino Acid Isomerases
- Animals
- Awards and Prizes
- Carrier Proteins
- Chaperonins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Electroretinography
- Florida
- Humans
- Light
- Mutation
- Ophthalmology