Those were both very helpful, Mike, thank you!!!
Carol
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Michael Palij wrote:
> For one straighforward description, see:
> http://www.vetmed.vt.edu/education/Curriculum/vm8054/eye/RODCONE.HTM
>
> Quoting from the description of the second image:
>
> |The image at t
For one straighforward description, see:
http://www.vetmed.vt.edu/education/Curriculum/vm8054/eye/RODCONE.HTM
Quoting from the description of the second image:
|The image at the left, a transmission electron micrograph, shows
|the "waist" between the inner and outer rod segments. The light
|sensi
This if fascinating stuff. I wonder if someone could explain to me
something from the article. A little Googling only served to confuse me
more. The article posits that photoreceptor outer segments have a 9+0
arrangement, which should mean that there are nine pairs of cilia arranged
in a ring-like
I don't pretend to be an expert on the ciliopathies (not even on the
internet) but there are a variety of different types of disorders because
different types of cilia cells are located through the body.. Consider
the following review article:
Armengot Carceller, M et al (2010). Primary ciliary d
The main problem with these studies is the use of a pathology that does
not exist in nature. The authors: "... the relevance of IFT88 mutations
to human pathology is unknown." The logic follows the line that, "We
produced a mouse that doesn't have protein IFT88 and this protein is
necessary for
