Odorant receptor co-receptors affect expression of tuning receptors in Drosophila

Insects detect odorants using two large families of heteromeric receptors, the Odorant Receptors (ORs) and Ionotropic Receptors (IRs). Most OR and IR genes encode odorant-binding “tuning” subunits, whereas four (Orco, Ir8a, Ir25a, and Ir76b) encode co-receptor subunits required for receptor function...

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Main Authors: Teng Long, Pratyajit Mohapatra, Sydney Ballou, Karen Menuz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2024.1390557/full