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A single gene target of an ETS-family transcription factor determines neuronal CO2-chemosensitivity.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Brandt Julia P, Aziz-Zaman Sonya, Juozaityte Vaida, Martinez-Velazquez Luis A, Petersen Jakob Gramstrup, Pocock Roger, Ringstad Niels
Abstract excerpt
Many animals possess neurons specialized for the detection of carbon dioxide (CO(2)), which acts as a cue to elicit behavioral responses and is also an internally generated product of respiration that regulates animal physiology. In many organisms how such neurons detect CO(2) is poorly understoo...
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