A gene affecting the specificity of the chemosensory neurons of Drosophila.

doi:10.1038/330062a0

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A gene affecting the specificity of the chemosensory neurons of Drosophila.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Arora K, Rodrigues V, Joshi S, Shanbhag S, Siddiqi O

Abstract excerpt

The sensilla on the proboscis and tarsi of Drosophila contain five neurons, four chemosensory and one mechanosensory. The sugar-sensitive neuron, designated S, carries independent acceptor sites for pyranose, furanose and trehalose. Two others, L1 and L2, respond to salts. The fourth neuron, W, i...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Chemoreceptor Cells
Drosophila
Genes
Mutation
Neurons, Afferent

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