Eye development: stable cell fate decisions in insect colour vision.

Journal article

The retina provides an example of a fundamental property of developing cells: cell fate decisions are stable. A recent paper reports a double negative feedback loop that leads to bistable fate decisions in the colour-detecting photoreceptors of Drosophila.

Authors: Freeman, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Current biology : CB
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 22
• Pages: R924-R926
• Publication date: 2005-11-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.062
• EISSN: 1879-0445
• ISSN: 0960-9822
• Language: English
• Keywords: Feedback, Physiological; Drosophila; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Cell Differentiation; Animals; Rhodopsin; Drosophila Proteins; Color Perception; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate; Protein Kinases