Transcriptional basis of the acclimation to high environmental temperature at the olfactory receptor organs of Drosophila melanogaster.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Environmental temperature directly affects the concentrations of chemicals in the gas phase. Therefore, if the olfactory system does not physiologically adapt to environmental conditions, it may provide inadequate information about the distance to or direction of odor sources. Previous reports have shown at the behavioral level that temperature induces changes in olfactory sensitivity in Drosophila melanogaster. These changes are initiated in the main olfactory receptor organs, the antennae. In this work, we attempted to identify the particular genes responsible for olfactory adaptation to increasing temperatures in these organs based on current knowledge of the molecular basis of olfactory reception.

Results

Whole-genome transcriptional responses to transitory te

SUBMITTER: Riveron J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3653700 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature