Functional and molecular evolution of olfactory neurons and receptors for aliphatic esters across the Drosophila genus

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-109

  de Bruyne, Marien ^a   Smart, Renee ^a   Zammit, Elizabeth ^a   Warr, Coral G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Odour response profile; Olfaction; Olfactory receptors; Receptor neurons

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACETATES; ACTION POTENTIALS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ODORS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 76149116833     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0496-6     Document Type: Article

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