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SUBMITTER: Xiao S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6814364 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xiao Shuke S Sun Jennifer S JS Carlson John R JR
eLife 20191025
Odorant binding proteins (Obps) are expressed at extremely high levels in the antennae of insects, and have long been believed essential for carrying hydrophobic odorants to odor receptors. Previously we found that when one functional type of olfactory sensillum in <i>Drosophila</i> was depleted of its sole abundant Obp, it retained a robust olfactory response (Larter et al., 2016). Here we have deleted all the <i>Obp</i> genes that are abundantly expressed in the antennal basiconic sensilla. Al ...[more]