A specific receptor site for glycerol, a new sweet tastant for Drosophila: Structure-taste relationship of glycerol in the labellar sugar receptor cell

Chemical Senses

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 703-711

  Koseki, Takaya ^a   Koganezawa, Masayuki ^a   Furuyama, Akira ^a   Isono, Kunio ^a   Shimada, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Electrophysiology; Fly; Inhibitor; Mutant; Receptor model

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 1,3 PROPANEDIOL; 3 AMINO 1,2 PROPANEDIOL; CELL RECEPTOR; GLYCEROL; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; SUGAR; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1 AMINOPROPANEDIOL; 1-AMINOPROPANEDIOL; PROPANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING; FEMALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEETNESS; TASTE BUD; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GLYCEROL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROPANOLAMINES; TASTE; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 16644366940     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh075     Document Type: Article

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