title: A new family of odorant receptors in Drosophila.
abstract: In the fruit fly Drosophila, not all olfactory sensory neurons express a seven transmembrane odorant receptor, suggesting that other types of odorant receptors might exist. Benton et al. (2009) now present evidence that a family of proteins related to ionotropic glutamate receptors is a previously unrecognized class of odorant receptors.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Maria L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Spletter
authors.forename: Liqun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018035:Receptors, Odorant / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D018035:Receptors, Odorant