Two-step process for photoreceptor formation in Drosophila
Mollereau B, Dominguez M, Webel R, Colley N, Keung B, de Celis J, Desplan C. Two-step process for photoreceptor formation in Drosophila. Nature 2001, 412: 911-913. PMID: 11528479, DOI: 10.1038/35091076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhotoreceptor differentiationLarval developmentPhotoreceptor cellsR1-R6 photoreceptor cellsPhotoreceptor cell fateDistinct photoreceptor cellsRhabdomere morphogenesisSpalt genesOptic lobePhotoreceptor formationCell fateOpsin genesTranscriptional regulatorsNeuronal determinationTranscription factorsPhotoreceptor neuronsPupal developmentLarval stagesTerminal differentiationOpsin expressionCellular propertiesPrecise seriesDrosophilaDifferentiationGenes