Giant silkmoth

The distal part of these receptor cells, the dendrites (0.1-0.5 pm in diameter), extend into the hair lumen (Fig. 3), whereas their axons are connected directly to the antennal lobes in the brain where they make the first synaptic contacts. In the giant silkmoth, Antheraeapolyphemus,for example, each male... 

OBP) to elicit an olfactory response. The LUSH protein was found to cocrystallize with small alcohols and to bind a variety of ligands (Table 9.1). A similar picture emerges from electrophysiological recordings of receptor cells from the giant silkmoth Antheraea polyphemus, in which direct perfusion of the sensory hair with various PBP/odorant complexes elicits different response patterns. The... 

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