Identification, tissue specific expression analysis and functional characterization of arrestin gene (ARRDC) in the earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae: a molecular hypothesis behind worm photoreception.
Sayan PaulSudalai Mani Dinesh KumarSandhya Soman SyamalaSubburathinam BalakrishnanVijithkumar VijayanVaithilingaraja ArumugaswamiSivasubramaniam SudhakarPublished in: Molecular biology reports (2022)
The neuronal and dermal expression patterns of ARRDC gene and its functional characterization hypothesized the role of the gene in assisting the photosensory cells to regulate the process of photoreception and phototransduction in the worm.