The Caenorhabditis chemoreceptor gene families

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chemoreceptor proteins mediate the first step in the transduction of environmental chemical stimuli, defining the breadth of detection and conferring stimulus specificity. Animal genomes contain families of genes encoding chemorecept...

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Main Authors: Robertson Hugh M, Thomas James H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-10-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/6/42