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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lieber T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3216490 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neuron 20110201 3
Delta/Serrate/Lag2 (DSL) ligands and their Notch family receptors have profound and pervasive roles in development. They are also expressed in adult tissues, notably in mature neurons and glia in the brain, where their roles are unknown. Here, focusing on the sense of smell in adult Drosophila, we show that Notch is activated in select olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) in an odorant-specific fashion. This response requires olfactory receptor activity and the Notch ligand Delta. We present eviden ...[more]