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SUBMITTER: Ai M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3105465 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ai Minrong M Min Soohong S Grosjean Yael Y Leblanc Charlotte C Bell Rati R Benton Richard R Suh Greg S B GS
Nature 20101117 7324
The odour of acids has a distinct quality that is perceived as sharp, pungent and often irritating. How acidity is sensed and translated into an appropriate behavioural response is poorly understood. Here we describe a functionally segregated population of olfactory sensory neurons in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster, that are highly selective for acidity. These olfactory sensory neurons express IR64a, a member of the recently identified ionotropic receptor (IR) family of putative olfactory ...[more]