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Odorant receptors of Drosophila are sensitive to the molecular volume of odorants

Which properties of a molecule define its odor? This is a basic yet unanswered question regarding the olfactory system. The olfactory system of Drosophila has a repertoire of approximately 60 odorant receptors. Molecules bind to odorant receptors with different affinities and activate them with diff...

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Autores principales: Saberi, Majid, Seyed-allaei, Hamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4844992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27112241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25103