title: Photoreceptor disc morphogenesis: The classical evagination model prevails.
abstract: Vision begins in photoreceptor outer segments with light captured by opsins in continually synthesized disc membranes. The process by which rod photoreceptor discs are formed has been controversial. In this issue, Ding et al. (2015. J. Cell Biol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201508093) show conclusively that rod discs are formed by plasma membrane evagination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 enpugh@ucdavis.edu.
authors.forename: Edward N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Pugh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D008322:Mammals / Q000378:metabolism*; D017948:Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism*