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Genome-wide analysis of the odorant-binding protein gene family in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genome research - 1 Sept 2002
Hekmat-Scafe Daria S, Scafe Charles R, McKinney Aimee J, Tanouye Mark A
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Olfaction is of considerable importance to many insects in behaviors critical for survival and reproduction, including location of food sources, selection of mates, recognition of colony con-specifics, and determination of oviposition sites. An ubiquitous, but poorly understood, component of the insect's olfactory system is a group of odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) that are present at high concentrations in the...
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