The molecular and cellular basis of taste coding in the legs of Drosophila

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 7148-7164

  Ling, Frederick ^a   Dahanukar, Anupama ^a,b   Weiss, Linnea A ^a   Kwon, Jae Young ^a,c   Carlson, John R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gr; Gustatory receptor; Legs; Physiology; Taste

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALIN; ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; ATROPINE; AURANTIIN; AZADIRACHTIN; BERBERINE; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; COUMARIN; CUCURBITACIN; DENATONIUM BENZOATE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ESCIN; FRUCTOSE; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GOSSYPOL; HARMALINE; LOBELINE; MALTOSE; MALTOTRIOSE; NICOTINE; PALATINOSE; QUININE; SALICIN; SINIGRIN; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE; UNINDEXED DRUG; XYLOSE;

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BITTER TASTE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSILLUM; TASTE; TASTE BUD;

DROSOPHILA; GR; GUSTATORY RECEPTOR; LEGS; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SENSE ORGANS; SENSILLA; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TASTE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84901022736     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0649-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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