Evidence for a sensitising pigment in fly photoreceptors

Kirschfeld, K; Franceschini, N; Minke, B

doi:10.1038/269386a0

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Evidence for a sensitising pigment in fly photoreceptors

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Kirschfeld, K
Former Department Comparative Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

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Franceschini, N
Former Department Comparative Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

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Kirschfeld, K., Franceschini, N., & Minke, B. (1977). Evidence for a sensitising pigment in fly photoreceptors. Nature, 269(5627), 386-390. doi:10.1038/269386a0.

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Abstract

Many photoreceptor cells in invertebrates have a dual-peak spectral sensitivity. Evidence is presented that in fly photoreceptors the ultraviolet peak is due to a photostable pigment that absorbs light quanta and transfers the energy to the blue-absorbing visual pigment.