Article
Spontaneous activation of light-sensitive channels in Drosophila photoreceptors.
The Journal of general physiology - 1 Mar 1994
Hardie R C, Minke B
Abstract excerpt
In Drosophila photoreceptors light induces phosphoinositide hydrolysis and activation of Ca(2+)-permeable plasma membrane channels, one class of which is believed to be encoded by the trp gene. We have investigated the properties of the light-sensitive channels under conditions where they are activated independently of the transduction cascade. Whole-cell voltage clamp recordings were made from photoreceptors in...
Topics
- Animals
- Calcium Channels
- Drosophila
- Electricity
- Electrophysiology
- Light
- Mutation
- Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate