Targeted misexpression of a Drosophila opsin gene leads to altered visual function.
Drosophila mutants transformed with a chimaeric gene that expresses the ocellar visual pigment in the major class of photoreceptor cells of the retina were used to investigate the properties of this minor pigment. The photoreceptor cells in which this opsin was misexpressed showed new spectral characteristics and physiology.
Feiler
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Max-Planck Institut für Biologische Kybernetik, Tübingen, FRG.
Harris
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Kirschfeld
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Wehrhahn
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Zuker
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D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010777:Photochemistry; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D011061:Poly A / Q000032:analysis; D012313:RNA / Q000032:analysis; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012168:Retinal Pigments / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D017299:Rod Opsins; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D005136:Eye Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012168:Retinal Pigments; D017299:Rod Opsins; D011061:Poly A; D012313:RNA