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odr-10 encodes a seven transmembrane domain olfactory receptor required for responses to the odorant diacetyl.
Cell - 22 Mar 1996
Sengupta P, Chou J H, Bargmann C I
Abstract excerpt
Olfactory signaling is initiated by interactions between odorants and olfactory receptors. We show that the C. elegans odr-10 gene is likely to encode a receptor for the odorant diacetyl. odr-10 mutants have a specific defect in chemotaxis to diacetyl, one of several odorants detected by the AWA...
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