Arrestin-mediated Desensitization Enables Olfactory Discrimination in C. elegans
Daniel M. Merritt, Isabel MacKay-Clackett, Sylvia M. T. Almeida, Celina Tran, Safa Ansar, Derek van der Kooy
This study shows that β-arrestin-mediated desensitization in C. elegans enables olfactory discrimination despite high receptor density in single neurons, contrasting with mammalian labelled line coding.
bioRxiv · May 2, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience