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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
SUBMITTER: Andrew Zelhof
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-22613 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Mishra Monalisa M Oke Ashwini A Lebel Cindy C McDonald Elizabeth C EC Plummer Zachary Z Cook Tiffany A TA Zelhof Andrew C AC
Development (Cambridge, England) 20100728 17
The function and integrity of photoreceptor cells are dependent upon the creation and maintenance of specialized apical structures: membrane discs/outer segments in vertebrates and rhabdomeres in insects. We performed a molecular and morphological comparison of Drosophila Pph13 and orthodenticle (otd) mutants to investigate the transcriptional network controlling the late stages of rhabdomeric photoreceptor cell development and function. Although Otd and Pph13 have been implicated in rhabdomere ...[more]