Nature Communications (Oct 2018)
An expression atlas of variant ionotropic glutamate receptors identifies a molecular basis of carbonation sensing
- Juan Antonio Sánchez-Alcañiz,
- Ana Florencia Silbering,
- Vincent Croset,
- Giovanna Zappia,
- Anantha Krishna Sivasubramaniam,
- Liliane Abuin,
- Saumya Yashmohini Sahai,
- Daniel Münch,
- Kathrin Steck,
- Thomas O. Auer,
- Steeve Cruchet,
- G. Larisa Neagu-Maier,
- Simon G. Sprecher,
- Carlos Ribeiro,
- Nilay Yapici,
- Richard Benton
Affiliations
- Juan Antonio Sánchez-Alcañiz
- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
- Ana Florencia Silbering
- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
- Vincent Croset
- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
- Giovanna Zappia
- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
- Anantha Krishna Sivasubramaniam
- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
- Liliane Abuin
- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
- Saumya Yashmohini Sahai
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
- Daniel Münch
- Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown
- Kathrin Steck
- Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown
- Thomas O. Auer
- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
- Steeve Cruchet
- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
- G. Larisa Neagu-Maier
- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Fribourg
- Simon G. Sprecher
- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Fribourg
- Carlos Ribeiro
- Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown
- Nilay Yapici
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
- Richard Benton
- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06453-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Little is known about the role of variant ionotropic glutamate receptors (IRs) in insect taste. Here the authors characterise the expression pattern of IRs in the Drosophila gustatory system and highlight the role of one receptor, IR56d, in the detection of carbonation
