Abstract
RANDOMLY occurring, discrete voltage fluctuations (quantum bumps) have been recorded in photoreceptors of several arthropods1-4. It is thought that these bumps sum to produce the receptor potential5,6. 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 |
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| Pages (from-to) | 84-87 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Nature |
| Volume | 258 |
| Issue number | 5530 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1975 |
| Externally published | Yes |