昆虫の嗅覚受容体は,昆虫駆除剤DEETの分子標的である

Mathias Ditzen1, Maurizio Pellegrino, Leslie B Vosshall

  • 1Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, Box 63, New York, NY 10065 USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 15, 2008
PubMed
まとめ

N,N-ダイエチルメタトルアミド (DEET) 虫駆除剤は,嗅覚感覚ニューロンを阻害することによって,昆虫の匂いへの魅力を阻害します. この作用には,OR83b共受容体が必要であり,新しい排斥剤の開発のための潜在的な標的を特定します.

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