Calcium-dependent inactivation of light-sensitive channels in Drosophila photoreceptors.

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Calcium-dependent inactivation of light-sensitive channels in Drosophila photoreceptors.

The Journal of general physiology - 1 Mar 1994

Hardie R C, Minke B

Abstract excerpt

Whole-cell voltage clamp recordings were made from photoreceptors of dissociated Drosophila ommatidia under conditions when the light-sensitive channels activate spontaneously, generating a "rundown current" (RDC). The Ca2+ and voltage dependence of the RDC was investigated by applying voltage st...

Topics

Animals
Calcium
Calcium Channels
Drosophila
Electrophysiology
Light
Mutation
Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate

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