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Identification of a Drosophila glucose receptor using Ca2+ imaging of single chemosensory neurons.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Miyamoto Tetsuya, Chen Yan, Slone Jesse, Amrein Hubert
Abstract excerpt
Evaluation of food compounds by chemosensory cells is essential for animals to make appropriate feeding decisions. In the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, structurally diverse chemicals are detected by multimeric receptors composed of members of a large family of Gustatory receptor (Gr) proteins. Putative sugar and bitter receptors are expressed in distinct subsets of Gustatory Receptor Neurons (GRN) of taste...
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