Induction of photoreceptor voltage noise in the dark in Drosophila mutant

Baruch Minke; Chun Fang Wu; William L. Pak

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Induction of photoreceptor voltage noise in the dark in Drosophila mutant

Baruch Minke^*, Chun Fang Wu, William L. Pak

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RANDOMLY occurring, discrete voltage fluctuations (quantum bumps) have been recorded in photoreceptors of several arthropods^1-4. It is thought that these bumps sum to produce the receptor potential^5,6. We have investigated the relationship between photoexcitation of the visual pigment and the production of quantum bumps using a mutant of Drosophila melanogaster - a third chromosome recessive mutant described by Cosens and Manning⁷, in which the electroretinogram decays to baseline during a strong, prolonged stimulus. We will call this mutant the transient receptor potential mutant (trp).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	84-87
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature
Volume	258
Issue number	5530
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/258084a0
State	Published - 1975
Externally published	Yes

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