Divergent seven transmembrane receptors are candidate chemosensory receptors in C. elegans
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Divergent seven transmembrane receptors are candidate chemosensory receptors in C. elegans
Using their senses of taste and smell, animals recognize a wide variety of chemicals. The nematode C. elegans has only fourteen types of chemosensory neurons, but it responds to dozens of chemicals, because each chemosensory neuron detects several stimuli. Here we describe over 40 highly divergent members of the G protein-coupled receptor family that could contribute to this functional diversit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0092-8674
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(95)90162-0