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rhabdomere

The specialized microvilli-containing organelle on the apical surfaces of a photoreceptor cell containing the visual pigment rhodopsin and most of… (More)
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2009
2009
Rhabdomere biogenesis in Drosophila photoreceptors is acutely sensitive to phosphatidic acid levels
Phosphatidic acid (PA) is postulated to have both structural and signaling functions during membrane dynamics in animal cells. In… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Rab11 mediates post-Golgi trafficking of rhodopsin to the photosensitive apical membrane of Drosophila photoreceptors.
In developing Drosophila photoreceptors, rhodopsin is trafficked to the rhabdomere, a specialized domain within the apical… (More)
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2004
2004
Die projektion der optischen umwelt auf das raster der rhabdomere im komplexauge von Musca
The dioptrics of the Musca ommatidium acts as an inverting lens system. The distal endings of the rhabdomeres at the basis of the… (More)
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2003
2003
Angular and spectral sensitivity of fly photoreceptors. II. Dependence on facet lens F-number and rhabdomere type in Drosophila
A wave-optical model for the integrated facet lens-rhabdomere system of fly eyes is used to calculate the effective light power… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Drosophila Crumbs is a positional cue in photoreceptor adherens junctions and rhabdomeres.
Drosophila Crumbs (Crb) is required for apical-basal polarity and is an apical determinant in embryonic epithelia. Here, we… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Angular and spectral sensitivity of fly photoreceptors. I. Integrated facet lens and rhabdomere optics
Three optical components of a fly's eye determine the angular sensitivity of the photoreceptors: the light diffracting facet lens… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Crumbs, the Drosophila homologue of human CRB1/RP12, is essential for photoreceptor morphogenesis.
The apical transmembrane protein Crumbs is a central regulator of epithelial apical-basal polarity in Drosophila. Loss-of… (More)
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
Requirement for the PDZ Domain Protein, INAD, for Localization of the TRP Store-Operated Channel to a Signaling Complex
In Drosophila, the store-operated Ca2+ channel, TRP, is required in photoreceptor cells for a sustained response to light. Here… (More)
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1988
1988
Rhabdomere turnover and rhodopsin cycle: maintenance of retinula cells in Drosophila melanogaster.
Visual receptor maintenance in Drosophila involves turnover of membrane. Coated pits derived from rhabdomere and plasmalemma… (More)
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1973
1973
Orthogonal microvillus pattern in the eighth rhabdomere of the rock crab Grapsus
The eighth retinular cell (R 8) of Grapsus lacks cytoplasmic pigment granules and basically resembles those previously known in… (More)
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