Photoreceptors: Unconventional Ways of Seeing

被引:5
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作者
Diaz, Naryttza N. [1 ]
Sprecher, Simon G. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fribourg, Inst Cell & Dev Biol, Dept Biol, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
关键词
DROSOPHILA LARVAE; GANGLION-CELLS; NEURONS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; MELANOPSIN; MICE;
D O I
10.1016/j.cub.2010.11.063
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Animals perceive light typically by photoreceptor neurons assembled in eyes, but some also use non-eye photosensory neurons. Multidendritic neurons in the body wall of Drosophila larvae have now been shown to use an unconventional phototransduction mechanism to sense light.
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页码:R25 / R27
页数:3
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