A single class of olfactory neurons mediates behavioural responses to a Drosophila sex pheromone

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7135, 2007, Pages 542-546

  Kurtovic, Amina ^a   Widmer, Alexandre ^a   Dickson, Barry J ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN OR67D; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FLY; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOTH; NEUROLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLY; MALE; MATING; MOTH; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33947286453     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05672     Document Type: Article

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