Insights into the structure and function of an insect olfactory receptor using FRET

Insect odorant receptors (ORs) are a novel family of chemosensory receptors that can respond to volatile organic compounds leading to different behaviours such as finding food and location sites to lay eggs, escaping from predators, and finding mates. These receptors form complexes containing at...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: German, Pablo F
Other Authors: Christie, David L
Published: ResearchSpace@Auckland 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2292/19100