The shaking B gene in Drosophila regulates the number of gap junctions between photoreceptor terminals in the lamina.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-4695(199804)35:1<105::aid-neu9>3.0.co;2-9

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The shaking B gene in Drosophila regulates the number of gap junctions between photoreceptor terminals in the lamina.

Journal of neurobiology - 1 Apr 1998

Shimohigashi M, Meinertzhagen I A

Abstract excerpt

The molecular structure of insect gap junctions differs from that in vertebrates, and in Drosophila is possibly encoded by the shaking B (= Passover) locus. shaking B2 is a null allele that acts in the nervous system. In the shakB2 mutant, one site of action are gap junctions between photorecepto...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Gap Junctions
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Microscopy, Electron
Mutation
Nerve Endings
Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate

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