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Nature Neuroscience 10, 138 - 140 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nn0207-138

Olfactory identity kicked up a NOTCH

Stefan Fuss1, Arzu Çelik1 & Claude Desplan2

  1. Arzu Çelik and Claude Desplan are in the Department of Biology, New York University, 1009 Silver Center, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, USA.
  2. Stefan Fuss is in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bogaziçi University, 34342 Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey. e-mail: cd38@nyu.edu


A new study shows that the identity of olfactory sensory neurons in flies is regulated by Notch signaling, which divides the neurons into two classes that express specific sets of olfactory receptors and project to distinct glomeruli.

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