Model System - AD 256
This strain expresses GAL4 under the control of the OR22a promoter
Category:
Invertebrates
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Drosophila melanogaster
Arrival or creation date: May 16, 2011
Last revision: Jan 29, 2015
Author(s):
Dobritsa AA, van der Goes van Naters W, Warr CG, Steinbrecht RA, Carlson JR
Contact
Name: F. Anna Digilio
Address: Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - CNR, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
Phone: +39 081 6132430
Email: anna.digilio@ibbr.cnr.it
Genotype: w; Dhalo/CyO; P(w+)Or22a-GAL4/P(w+)Or22a-GAL4
Origin: Carlson JR
Description
It expresses GAL4 in the pattern of the Odorant Receptor 22a gene. Moreover, this strain is heterozigous for the deletion Dhalo. In our laboratory it was used to drive specifically the expression of the heterologous Odoran Receptor from Aedes albopictus AalOR2 in the so called empty neuron, demostrating that AalOR2 responds to a small set of aromatic compounds includingindole. Furthermore, AalOR2 expressed in the Drosophila emptyneuron is inhibited by (–)-menthone.
Quality validation:
Yes
Validation info
The Model System has been both published in peer-reviewed journals and used to obtain data reported in a peer-reviewed journals.
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