The GTP- and Phospholipid-Binding Protein TTD14 Regulates Trafficking of the TRPL Ion Channel in Drosophila Photoreceptor Cells. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2015 Recycling of signaling proteins is a common phenomenon in diverse signaling pathways. In photoreceptors of Drosophila, light absorption by rhodopsin triggers a phospholipase Cβ-mediated opening of the ion channels transient receptor potential (TRP) and ...
Alexander C Cerny +7 more
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On optical crosstalk between fly rhabdomeres [PDF]
Biological Cybernetics, 1975 In a fly retinula light may be transferred among the rhabdomeres. It is estimated that the light from a point source imaged on the axis of a rhabdomere may eventually be transferred completely to a neighbouring rhabdomere. However, the effect on the sensitivity of this latter rhabdomere will remain small, owing to the fact that the light transfer ...
Wijngaard, W., Stavenga, D.G.
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Common transcriptional mechanisms for visual photoreceptor cell differentiation among Pancrustaceans. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2014 A hallmark of visual rhabdomeric photoreceptors is the expression of a rhabdomeric opsin and uniquely associated phototransduction molecules, which are incorporated into a specialized expanded apical membrane, the rhabdomere.
Simpla Mahato +7 more
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Coexpression of spectrally distinct rhodopsins in Aedes aegypti R7 photoreceptors. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The retina of the mosquito Aedes aegypti can be divided into four regions based on the non-overlapping expression of a UV sensitive Aaop8 rhodopsin and a long wavelength sensitive Aaop2 type rhodopsin in the R7 photoreceptors.
Xiaobang Hu +4 more
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Role of spastin in apical domain control along the rhabdomere elongation in Drosophila photoreceptor. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 BACKGROUND:Mutations in spastin are the most common cause of hereditary spastin paraplegia, a neurodegenerative disease. In this study, the role of spastin was examined in Drosophila photoreceptor development.
Geng Chen +2 more
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Rhabdomeric phototransduction initiated by the vertebrate photopigment melanopsin [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005 Melanopsin is the photopigment that confers light sensitivity on intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. Mammalian intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells are involved in the photic synchronization of circadian rhythms to the day–night cycle.
Mauro Cesar, Isoldi +3 more
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Role of kinesin heavy chain in Crumbs localization along the rhabdomere elongation in Drosophila photoreceptor. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND:Crumbs (Crb), a cell polarity gene, has been shown to provide a positional cue for the extension of the apical membrane domain, adherens junction (AJ), and rhabdomere along the growing proximal-distal axis during Drosophila photoreceptor ...
Garrett P League, Sang-Chul Nam
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Fatty acid composition of Drosophila photoreceptor light-sensitive microvilli
Biological Research, 2013 Phototransduction, the mechanism underlying the electrical response to light in photoreceptor cells, has been thoroughly investigated in Drosophila melanogaster, an essential model in signal transduction research. These cells present a highly specialized
Yorka Muñoz +7 more
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The actomyosin machinery is required for Drosophila retinal lumen formation. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2014 Multicellular tubes consist of polarized cells wrapped around a central lumen and are essential structures underlying many developmental and physiological functions.
Jing Nie, Simpla Mahato, Andrew C Zelhof
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Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2018 Microvillar photoreceptors are intrinsically capable of detecting the orientation of e-vector of linearly polarized light. They provide most invertebrates with an additional sensory channel to detect important features of their visual environment ...
Marko Ilić +3 more
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