Sex-specific odorant receptors of the Tobacco Hornworm Manduca sexta
As odor information plays a vital role in the life of moths, their olfactory sense has evolved into a highly specific and sensitive apparatus relevant to reproduction and survival. The key players in the detection of odorants are olfactory receptor (OR) proteins. Here we identify four OR-encoding ge...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2010-08-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2010.00022/full |