Chemical sensing in Drosophila

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-363

  Benton, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TASTE BUD;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 55249125645     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.08.012     Document Type: Review

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