Dimerisation of the Drosophila odorant co-receptor Orco

Odorant receptors (ORs) detect volatile molecules and transform this external information into an intracellular signal. Insect ORs are heteromers composed of two seven transmembrane proteins, an odor-specific OrX and a coreceptor (Orco) protein. These ORs form ligand gated cation channels that condu...

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Main Authors: Latha eMukunda, Sofía eLavista Llanos, Bill S Hansson, Dieter eWicher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2014.00261/full