Behavioral analyses of mutants for two odorant-binding protein genes, Obp57d and Obp57e, in Drosophila melanogaster

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-264

  Harada, Eriko ^a   Haba, Daisuke ^a   Aigaki, Toshiro ^a   Matsuo, Takashi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feeding behavior; Oviposition site preference; Taste and odor perception

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; ODORANT BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE TARGETING; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE DELETION; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, INSECT; MUTATION; ODORS; OVIPOSITION; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; TASTE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SECHELLIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 48949104152     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.83.257     Document Type: Article

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