Insect olfactory receptor complex functions as a ligand-gated ionotropic channel

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1170, Issue , 2009, Pages 177-180

  Touhara, Kazushige ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Channel; Insect; Odorant; Olfactory receptor; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; LIGAND; ODORANT; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CATION TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT; ION CONDUCTANCE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY MEMORY; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 68649091752     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.03935.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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