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Or83b encodes a broadly expressed odorant receptor essential for Drosophila olfaction.
Neuron - 2 Sept 2004
Larsson Mattias C, Domingos Ana I, Jones Walton D, Chiappe M Eugenia, Amrein Hubert, Vosshall Leslie B
Abstract excerpt
Fruit flies are attracted by a diversity of odors that signal the presence of food, potential mates, or attractive egg-laying sites. Most Drosophila olfactory neurons express two types of odorant receptor genes: Or83b, a broadly expressed receptor of unknown function, and one or more members of a family of 61 selectively expressed receptors. While the conventional odorant receptors are highly divergent, Or83b is...
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