Worms taste bitter: ASH neurons, QUI-1, GPA-3 and ODR-3 mediate quinine avoidance in Caenorhabditis elegans

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1101-1111

  Hilliard, Massimo A ^a   Bergamasco, Carmela ^a   Arbucci, Salvatore ^a   Plasterk, Ronald H A ^b   Bazzicalupo, Paolo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Bitter taste; Chemosensory neurons; Quinine; WD 40 domain

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; CHLOROQUINE; COPPER ION; DENATONIUM BENZOATE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCEROL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LEVAMISOLE; MEPACRINE; PRIMAQUINE; PROTEIN GPA 3; PROTEIN ODR 3; PROTEIN QUI 1; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; QUININE; SHIKIMIC ACID; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERATRIDINE; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BITTER TASTE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SURVIVAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; QUININE; SOLUBILITY; TASTE;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 1842524194     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600107     Document Type: Article

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