The role of the coreceptor Orco in insect olfactory transduction

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

Volumn 199, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 897-909

  Stengl, Monika ^a   Funk, Nico W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Insect olfaction; Ionotropic receptor; Metabotropic signal transduction cascade; Odorant receptor; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; INSECT; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL;

EID: 84885957892     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0837-3     Document Type: Review

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