title: Gustatory receptors: not just for good taste.
abstract: A recent study has found that a Drosophila gustatory receptor is required for thermotaxis. With other fly gustatory receptors having been shown to act in the detection of CO2, nutrients in the brain, and light, the roles of the so-called 'gustatory receptors' clearly go way beyond peripheral detection of non-volatile chemicals.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Research Institute and the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA. Electronic address: craig.montell@lifesci.ucsb.edu.
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D013649:Taste; D013697:Thermosensing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface