Involvement of the Drosophila taurine/aspartate transporter dEAAT2 in selective olfactory and gustatory perceptions

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2734-2757

  Besson, M T ^a,b   Sinakevitch, I ^a,c   Melon, C ^a   Iche Torres M ^a   Birman, S ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b University of Mediterranée   (France)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Brain Plasticity Unit   (France)

Author keywords

Aspartate; DEAAT2; Drosophila nervous system; Excitatory amino acid transporters; Sensory systems; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; PROPIONIC ACID; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHOTOTAXIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; FEMALE; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SMELL; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION; TAURINE;

EID: 79960760502     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22649     Document Type: Article

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