Candidate chemoreceptor subfamilies differentially expressed in the chemosensory organs of the molluscAplysia |
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| Authors: | Scott F Cummins Dirk Erpenbeck Zhihua Zou Charles Claudianos Leonid L Moroz Gregg T Nagle Bernard M Degnan |
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| Affiliation: | (1) School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, 4072 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;(2) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany;(3) Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 77555 Galveston, TX, USA;(4) Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, 4072 St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia;(5) Whitney Laboratory for Marine Science and Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, 32080 St Augustine, Florida, USA |
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| Abstract: | Background Marine molluscs, as is the case with most aquatic animals, rely heavily on olfactory cues for survival. In the molluscAplysia californica, mate-attraction is mediated by a blend of water-borne protein pheromones that are detected by sensory structures called rhinophores. The expression of G protein and phospholipase C signaling molecules in this organ is consistent with chemosensory detection being via a G-protein-coupled signaling mechanism. |
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