Figure 7

Loss of ktub blocked norpA -mediated retinal degeneration. Confocal images show photoreceptor cells stained with rhodamine-phalloidin in wild type (A), norpA³³ (B) and norpA³³/ ktub^115-4 double mutants (C). Wild type photoreceptor cells were arrayed as a typical trapezoid in an ommatidum (A). The majority of photoreceptor cells were degenerated in norpA³³mutant (B). In norpA³³/ktub^115-4double mutants, the retinal degeneration in norpA³³mutant was rescued by loss of ktub gene (C). The scale bar is 10 μm.