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Gustatory Receptors Required for Avoiding the Toxic Compound Coumarin in Drosophila melanogaster

Coumarin is a phenolic compound that mainly affects the liver due to its metabolization into a toxic compound. The deterrent and ovicidal activities of coumarin in insect models such as Drosophila melanogaster have been reported. Here we explore the molecular mechanisms by which these insects protec...

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Autores principales: Poudel, Seeta, Lee, Youngseok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4844937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26912085
http://dx.doi.org/10.14348/molcells.2016.2250