Molecular vibration-sensing component in Drosophila melanogaster olfaction

A common explanation of molecular recognition by the olfactory system posits that receptors recognize the structure or shape of the odorant molecule. We performed a rigorous test of shape recognition by replacing hydrogen with deuterium in odorants and asking whether Drosophila melanogaster can dist...

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Main Authors: Mershin, Andreas, Turina, Luca, Franco, Maria Isabel, Skoulakis, Efthimios M. C.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Biomedical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66499