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A new view of photoreceptors

Franck Pichaud and Claude Desplan ()
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Franck Pichaud: New York University
Claude Desplan: New York University

Nature, 2002, vol. 416, issue 6877, 139-140

Abstract: The light-gathering structures in our eyes are specialized membranes found on cells known as photoreceptors. Two studies show that a protein called Crumbs is crucial for the development of these membranes.

Date: 2002
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