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Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate

Known as: Invertebrate Photoreceptor Cell, Invertebrate Photoreceptor, Cells, Invertebrate Photoreceptor 
Specialized cells in the invertebrates that detect and transduce light. They are predominantly rhabdomeric with an array of photosensitive microvilli… Expand
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Photoreceptors

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Review
2010
Review
2010
Phototransduction and the Evolution of Photoreceptors
Photoreceptors in metazoans can be grouped into two classes, with their photoreceptive membrane derived either from cilia or… Expand
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Review
2001
Review
2001
Phototransduction in Drosophila melanogaster.
  • R. Hardie
  • The Journal of experimental biology
  • 2001
    • Corpus ID: 18330378
As in most invertebrate microvillar photoreceptors, phototransduction in Drosophila melanogaster uses a G-protein-coupled… Expand
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Activation of light-dependent K+ channels in ciliary invertebrate photoreceptors involves cGMP but not the IP3/Ca2+ cascade
The activation of light-dependent K+ channels in ciliary photoreceptors from Pecten was investigated using intracellular dialysis… Expand
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
On the molecular origin of photoreceptor noise
RETINAL photoreceptors are noisy. They generate discrete electrical events in the dark indistinguishable from those evoked by… Expand
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Coupling of photoexcited rhodopsin to inositol phospholipid hydrolysis in fly photoreceptors.
Fly photoreceptor membranes were used to test the effect on defined biochemical reactions of light and of compounds causing… Expand
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Cyclic GMP is involved in the excitation of invertebrate photoreceptors
The hyperpolarizing receptor potential in vertebrate rod photo-receptors appears to be mediated by the second messenger, cyclic… Expand
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Light stimulates the rapid formation of inositol trisphosphate in squid retinas.
To test the hypothesis that inositol trisphosphate (InsP3) mediates adaptation and excitation in invertebrate photoreceptors, we… Expand
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Light-regulated biochemical events in invertebrate photoreceptors. 2. Light-regulated phosphorylation of rhodopsin and phosphoinositides in squid photoreceptor membranes.
Phosphorylation of squid photoreceptor membrane components by Mg-[gamma-32P]ATP is regulated by light. Illumination of squid… Expand
Review
1983
Review
1983
Transduction in invertebrate photoreceptors: role of pigment bistability.
 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Ca2+-sequestering smooth endoplasmic reticulum in an invertebrate photoreceptor. II. Its properties as revealed by microphotometric measurements
  • B. Walz
  • The Journal of cell biology
  • 1982
    • Corpus ID: 2298114
Microphotometric measurements are used to investigate the functional properties of Ca2+-sequestering smooth endoplasmic reticulum… Expand
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