Heteromeric Anopheline odorant receptors exhibit distinct channel properties.

<h4>Background</h4>Insect odorant receptors (ORs) function as odorant-gated ion channels consisting of a conventional, odorant-binding OR and the Orco coreceptor. While Orco can function as a homomeric ion channel, the role(s) of the conventional OR in heteromeric OR complexes has largel...

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Main Authors: Gregory M Pask, Patrick L Jones, Michael Rützler, David C Rinker, Laurence J Zwiebel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22174894/pdf/?tool=EBI