Molecular biology of insect olfaction:recent progress and conceptual models

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 777-790

  Rutzler M ^a   Zwiebel, L J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptors; Odorant binding proteins; Odorant degrading enzymes; OR83b OR7; Sensory neuron membrane proteins

Indexed keywords

ODORANT BINDING PROTEIN; ODORANT-BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; INSECT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL;

EID: 24744437492     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0044-y     Document Type: Review

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