Ciliary signaling cascades in photoreceptors
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Ciliary signaling cascades in photoreceptors
For being a polarized neuron and having a sensory cilium, photoreceptors attract remarkable attention. This is due their highly polarized structure and active visual signal transduction cascades and for the enrichment of complex networks of proteins in the cilium. Structural and functional maintenance of the photoreceptor sensory cilium, also called outer segment, ensures that light signal is r...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Vision Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0042-6989
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2012.08.007