An RNA-Seq Screen of the Drosophila Antenna Identifies a Transporter Necessary for Ammonia Detection

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Menuz, Karen ^a   Larter, Nikki K ^a,b   Park, Joori ^a   Carlson, John R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMT PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; ORTHOLOGY; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSILLUM; SMELLING; WILD TYPE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MUTATION; ODORS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; SENSILLA; SMELL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84912083700     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004810     Document Type: Article

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