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Response of Drosophila to wasabi is mediated by painless, the fly homolog of mammalian TRPA1/ANKTM1.

Current biology : CB - 23 May 2006

Al-Anzi Bader, Tracey W Daniel, Benzer Seymour

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A number of repellent compounds produced by plants elicit a spicy or pungent sensation in mammals . In several cases, this has been found to occur through activation of ion channels in the transient receptor potential (TRP) family . We report that isothiocyanate (ITC), the pungent ingredient of wasabi, is a repellent to the insect Drosophila melanogaster, and that the painless gene, previously known to be...

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PMID: 16647259
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.04.002

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