The Drosophila melanogaster phospholipid flippase dATP8B is required for odorant receptor function.

The olfactory systems of insects are fundamental to all aspects of their behaviour, and insect olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) exhibit exquisite specificity and sensitivity to a wide range of environmental cues. In Drosophila melanogaster, ORN responses are determined by three different receptor f...

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Main Authors: Yu-Chi Liu, Michelle W Pearce, Takahiro Honda, Travis K Johnson, Sandhya Charlu, Kavita R Sharma, Mays Imad, Richard E Burke, Konrad E Zinsmaier, Anandasankar Ray, Anupama Dahanukar, Marien de Bruyne, Coral G Warr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-03-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3961175?pdf=render