Gustatory-mediated avoidance of bacterial lipopolysaccharides via TRPA1 activation in Drosophila

Soldano, Alessia; A Alpizar, Yeranddy; Boonen, Brett; Franco, Luis; López-Requena, Alejandro; Liu, Guangda; Mora, Natalia; Yaksi, Emre; Voets, Thomas; Vennekens, Rudi; A Hassan, Bassem; Talavera, Karel

doi:10.7554/elife.13133

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Gustatory-mediated avoidance of bacterial lipopolysaccharides via TRPA1 activation in Drosophila

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Alessia Soldano

Yeranddy A Alpizar

Brett Boonen

Abstract

Detecting pathogens and mounting immune responses upon infection is crucial for animal health. However, these responses come at a high metabolic price (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="bib1">McKean and Lazzaro, 2011</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="bib3">Kominsky et al., 2010</xref>), and avoiding patho...

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