A putative Drosophila pheromone receptor expressed in male-specific taste neurons is required for efficient courtship

Neuron

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1019-1029

  Bray, Steven ^a   Amrein, Hubert ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR GR 68 A; RECEPTOR; RNA; TETANUS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DOUBLESEX GENE; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENE; MALE; NERVE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TASTE BUD; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0141852933     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00542-7     Document Type: Article

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