Odor and pheromone detection in Drosophila melanogaster

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 454, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 749-758

  Smith, Dean P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Olfactory; Receptors; Signaling; Volatile pheromones

Indexed keywords

11 VACCENYL ACETATE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LUSH PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTENNA; CELL MEMBRANE; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MATING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; ODORS; OLEIC ACIDS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; SENSE ORGANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL;

EID: 34250904256     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-006-0190-2     Document Type: Review

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