Atypical membrane topology and heteromeric function of Drosophila odorant receptors in vivo

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 240-257

  Benton, Richard ^a   Sachse, Silke ^a,c   Michnick, Stephen W ^b   Vosshall, Leslie B ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ODORANT RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EPITOPE; OR83B PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE CARRIER; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SENSORY GANGLION;

EUKARYOTA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPITOPES; GANGLIA, SENSORY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, ODORANT;

EID: 33244480581     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040020     Document Type: Article

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