Molecular basis of odor detection in insects

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1170, Issue , 2009, Pages 478-481

  Benton, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CD36; Comparative genomics; Drosophila; Evolution; Insect; Odor; Olfaction; Pheromone; Receptor; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PHEROMONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOINFORMATICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; GENOME ANALYSIS; INSECT GENOME; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 68649095675     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.03880.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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