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Gustatory receptors required for avoiding the insecticide L-canavanine.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 25 Jan 2012
Lee Youngseok, Kang Min Jung, Shim Jaewon, Cheong Chae Uk, Moon Seok Jun, Montell Craig
Abstract excerpt
Insect survival depends on contact chemosensation to sense and avoid consuming plant-derived insecticides, such as L-canavanine. Members of a family of ∼60 gustatory receptors (GRs) comprise the main peripheral receptors responsible for taste sensation in Drosophila. However, the roles of most Drosophila GRs are unknown. In addition to GRs, a G protein-coupled receptor, DmXR, has been reported to be required for...
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