Trehalose sensitivity of the gustatory receptor neurons expressing wild-type, mutant and ectopic Gr5a in Drosophila

Chemical Senses

Volumn 30 SUPPL. 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Isono, Kunio ^a   Morita, Hiromi ^a   Kohatsu, Soh ^a   Ueno, Kohei ^b   Matsubayashi, Hiroshi ^c   Yamamoto, Masa Toshi ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Feeding; Gr5a; Gustatory receptor; Taste sensitivity; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

TREHALOSE;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INSECT GENETICS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE BUD; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENOME; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TASTE; TREHALOSE;

INSECTA;

EID: 33244477930     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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