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Dependency on light and vitamin A derivatives of the biogenesis of 3- hydroxyretinal and visual pigment in the compound eyes of Drosophila melanogaster
When the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster, was reared on media deficient in carotenoids and retinoids, the level of 3-hydroxyretinal (the chromophore of fly rhodopsin) in the retina decreased to less than 1% compared with normal flies. The level of 3-hydroxyretinal increased markedly in flies that...
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The Rockefeller University Press
1988
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2228916/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3148683 |