title: Sensory transduction: confusing the senses.
abstract: Two new studies in the fruit fly Drosophila demonstrate unexpected molecular, and mechanistic, overlaps between the different senses. In the centre stand two long-established families of sensory proteins--rhodopsins and TRP channels.
authors.affiliation: Ear Institute, University College London, London WC1X 8EE, UK.
authors.forename: Nerissa K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Kirkwood
authors.forename: Joerg T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Albert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D008027:Light; D055537:Light Signal Transduction; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000502:physiology; D025603:Sensory Rhodopsins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D050051:Transient Receptor Potential Channels / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D025603:Sensory Rhodopsins; D050051:Transient Receptor Potential Channels