Function and expression of the Drosophila Gr genes in the perception of sweet, bitter and pheromone compounds

Chemical Senses

Volumn 30 SUPPL. 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Thorne, Natasha ^a   Bray, Steve ^a   Amrein, Hubert ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosensory; Courtship; Feeding; Sex specific; Subesophageal ganglion; Taste

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SEX PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

BITTER TASTE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PERCEPTION; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; TASTE;

INSECTA;

EID: 24044521785     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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