A distributed chemosensory circuit for oxygen preference in C. elegans.

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has complex, naturally variable behavioral responses to environmental oxygen, food, and other animals. C. elegans detects oxygen through soluble guanylate cyclase homologs (sGCs) and responds to it differently depending on the activity of the neuropeptide receptor...

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Main Authors: Andy J Chang, Nikolas Chronis, David S Karow, Michael A Marletta, Cornelia I Bargmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-09-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1540710?pdf=render