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A New Family of Odorant Receptors in Drosophila

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CELL
Volume 136, Issue 1, Pages 23-25

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.12.031

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Funding Source: Medline
  2. NIDCD NIH HHS [F31 DC008277] Funding Source: Medline

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In the fruit fly Drosophila, not all olfactory sensory neurons express a seven transmembrane odorant receptor, suggesting that other types of odorant receptors might exist. Benton et al. (2009) now present evidence that a family of proteins related to ionotropic glutamate receptors is a previously unrecognized class of odorant receptors.

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