Drosophila in vision research. The Friedenwald Lecture.

Molecular characterization of the drosophila trp locus: A putative integral membrane protein required for phototransduction

1989 • 1,119 citations

A point mutation of the rhodopsin gene in one form of retinitis pigmentosa

1990 • 1,032 citations

Structural evidence for direct interaction between the molecular components of the transverse tubule/sarcoplasmic reticulum junction in skeletal muscle.

1988 • 768 citations

The trp gene is essential for a light-activated Ca2+ channel in Drosophila photoreceptors

1992 • 732 citations

Isolation, sequence analysis, and intron-exon arrangement of the gene encoding bovine rhodopsin

1983 • 689 citations

Cyclosporin A, FK-506, and Rapamycin: Pharmacologic Probes of Lymphocyte Signal Transduction

1992 • 675 citations

Vesicle fusion from yeast to man

1994 • 635 citations

Isolation and nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding human rhodopsin.

1984 • 495 citations

A Null mutation in the rhodopsin gene causes rod photoreceptor dysfunction and autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa

1992 • 417 citations

Genetic dissection of the photoreceptor system in the compound eye of Drosophila melanogaster

1976 • 395 citations

Mutation spectrum of the rhodopsin gene among patients with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.

1991 • 364 citations

Cloning and sequence of multiple forms of phospholipase C

1988 • 342 citations

Photoreceptor excitation and adaptation by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate

1984 • 337 citations

The cyclophilin homolog ninaA is required in the secretory pathway

1991 • 330 citations

The Drosophila ninaC locus encodes two photoreceptor cell specific proteins with domains homologous to protein kinases and the myosin heavy chain head

1988 • 306 citations

The cyclophilin homolog NinaA functions as a chaperone, forming a stable complex in vivo with its protein target rhodopsin.

1994 • 305 citations

The ninaA gene required for visual transduction in Drosophila encodes a homologue of cyclosporin A-binding protein

1989 • 288 citations

Is histamine a neurotransmitter in insect photoreceptors?

1987 • 259 citations

Cyclic GMP and calcium: The internal messengers of excitation and adaptation in vertebrate photoreceptors

1990 • 258 citations

A MOLECULAR DESCRIPTION OF SYNAPTIC VESICLE MEMBRANE TRAFFICKING

1994 • 248 citations

Defective intracellular transport is the molecular basis of rhodopsin-dependent dominant retinal degeneration.

1995 • 239 citations

Nonphototactic Mutants in a Study of Vision of Drosophila

1969 • 207 citations

Role of cGMP and Ca2+ in Vertebrate Photoreceptor Excitation and Adaptation

1992 • 198 citations

Coupling of photoexcited rhodopsin to inositol phospholipid hydrolysis in fly photoreceptors.

1987 • 193 citations

Mutants of the Visual Pathway of Drosophila melanogaster

1970 • 190 citations

THE VISUAL SYSTEM OF INSECTS

1974 • 190 citations

Replenishing the stores

1995 • 185 citations

Drosophila retinal degeneration A gene encodes an eye-specific diacylglycerol kinase with cysteine-rich zinc-finger motifs and ankyrin repeats.

1993 • 155 citations

Determination of the primary structure of PLC-154 demonstrates diversity of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C activities

1988 • 155 citations

Regulatory arrestin cycle secures the fidelity and maintenance of the fly photoreceptor cell.

1993 • 150 citations

Proper function of the drosophila trp gene product during pupal development is important for normal visual transduction in the adult

1989 • 126 citations

An analysis of the number and composition of the synaptic populations formed by photoreceptors of the fly

1982 • 118 citations

A novel protein encoded by the inad gene regulates recovery of visual transduction in drosophila

1995 • 117 citations

Histamine in the Insect Nervous System: Distribution, Synthesis and Metabolism

1983 • 107 citations

A Drosophila phospholipase C gene that is expressed in the central nervous system

1991 • 101 citations

Degeneration of photoreceptors in rhodopsin mutants of Drosophila

1992 • 98 citations

Distribution of histamine in the cockroach brain and visual system: An immunocytochemical and biochemical study

1988 • 97 citations

Proline isomerases at the crossroads of protein folding, signal transduction, and immunosuppression.

1992 • 93 citations

Drosophila mutants with reduced rhodopsin content.

1983 • 61 citations

Properties of photoreceptor-specific phospholipase C encoded by the norpA gene of Drosophila melanogaster.

1991 • 57 citations

Retina-specifically Expressed Novel Subtypes of Bovine Cyclophilin

1995 • 50 citations

Cytogenetic characterization of the 4BC region on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster: Localization of the mei-9, norpA and omb genes

1986 • 30 citations