Ionotropic Crustacean Olfactory Receptors

The nature of the olfactory receptor in crustaceans, a major group of arthropods, has remained elusive. We report that spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, express ionotropic receptors (IRs), the insect chemosensory variants of ionotropic glutamate receptors. Unlike insects IRs, which are expressed in a...

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Main Authors: Corey, Elizabeth A., Bobkov, Yuriy, Ukhanov, Kirill, Ache, Barry W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3615998/