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A Novel Mechanism for Chemosensory Transduction in Insects

Andrew Braun

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Commentary to:
Sato K, Pellegrino M, Nakagawa T, Nakagawa T, Vosshall LB, Touhara K. Insect olfactory receptors are heteromeric ligand-gated ion channels. Nature 2008; 452:1002-6.
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Wicher D, Schäfer R, Bauernfeind R, Stensmyr MC, Feller R, Heinemann SH, Hansson BS. Drosophila odorant receptors are both ligand-gated and cyclic nucleotide-activated cation channels. Nature 2008; 452: 1007-11.

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Andrew Braun

University of Calgary

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