Article
Requirement for Drosophila SNMP1 for rapid activation and termination of pheromone-induced activity.
PLoS genetics - 1 Sept 2014
Li Zhengzheng, Ni Jinfei D, Huang Jia, Montell Craig
Abstract excerpt
Pheromones are used for conspecific communication by many animals. In Drosophila, the volatile male-specific pheromone 11-cis vaccenyl acetate (cVA) supplies an important signal for gender recognition. Sensing of cVA by the olfactory system depends on multiple components, including an olfactory receptor (OR67d), the co-receptor ORCO, and an odorant binding protein (LUSH). In addition, a CD36 related protein,...
Topics
- Action Potentials
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Drosophila
- Female
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Mutation
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Oleic Acids
- Olfactory Receptor Neurons
- Pheromones
