Sex-specific odorant receptors of the Tobacco Hornworm Manduca sexta

As odor information plays a vital role in the life of moths, their olfactory sense has evolved into a highly specific and sensitive apparatus relevant to reproduction and survival. The key players in the detection of odorants are olfactory receptor (OR) proteins. Here we identify four OR-encoding ge...

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Main Authors: Ewald Grosse-Wilde, Regina Stieber, Maike Forstner, Jürgen Krieger, Dieter Wicher, Bill S Hansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2010.00022/full