Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Heterogeneity in the Drosophila gustatory receptor complexes that detect aversive compounds

  • Ha Yeon Sung,
  • Yong Taek Jeong,
  • Ji Yeon Lim,
  • Hyeyon Kim,
  • Soo Min Oh,
  • Sun Wook Hwang,
  • Jae Young Kwon,
  • Seok Jun Moon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01639-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Taste sensilla are Drosophila sensory organs containing taste neurons, which have differential tuning for bitter compounds. Here, the authors systematically examine what combinations of gustatory receptor genes confer a specific taste response profile in different bitter taste neurons.