2004
The Molecular Basis of Odor Coding in the Drosophila Antenna
Hallem EA, Ho MG, Carlson JR. The Molecular Basis of Odor Coding in the Drosophila Antenna. Cell 2004, 117: 965-979. PMID: 15210116, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2004.05.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlfactory receptor neuronsDrosophila antennaMolecular basisOdorant receptor repertoireFunctional analysisReceptor repertoireOlfactory organOdor codingReceptor neuronsIndividual receptorsSame cellsReceptor transductionNumber of receptorsNeuron mapReceptorsRepertoireBreadth of tuningTransductionDifferent odorantsInhibitory responsesOdorantsElectrophysiological recordingsNeuronsCellsVivo
2003
Molecular evolution of the insect chemoreceptor gene superfamily in Drosophila melanogaster
Robertson HM, Warr CG, Carlson JR. Molecular evolution of the insect chemoreceptor gene superfamily in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2003, 100: 14537-14542. PMID: 14608037, PMCID: PMC304115, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2335847100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMolecular evolutionDrosophila melanogasterGustatory receptor proteinsAlternative splice formsN-terminal exonsGR geneChemoreceptor genesTandem clustersAncestral intronsAncient superfamilyDrosophila genomeIntron evolutionDivergent cladesAdditional intronPolymorphic pseudogenesInsect chemoreceptorCommon ancestorAlternative splicingPhylogenetic analysisGR familyOdorant receptorsSplice formsX chromosomeSugar trehaloseIntrons