Evidence for a sensitising pigment in fly photoreceptors

K. Kirschfeld; N. Franceschini; B. Minke

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Evidence for a sensitising pigment in fly photoreceptors

K. Kirschfeld^*, N. Franceschini, B. Minke

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Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada (IMRIC)

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Abstract

Many photoreceptor cells in invertebrates have a dual-peak spectral sensitivity. Evidence is presented that in fly photo-receptors the ultraviolet peak is due to a photostable pigment that absorbs light quanta and transfers the energy to the blue-absorbing visual pigment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	386-390
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nature
Volume	269
Issue number	5627
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/269386a0
State	Published - 1977

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