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Involvement of amino and sulphydryl groups in olfactory transduction in silk moths

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ROZENTAL and Norris1 found evidence of a chemosensory mechanism of olfaction and gustation in the cockroach Periplaneta americana that involves the formation of disulphide bonds. I wish to report that olfactory transduction in silk moths does not seem to involve disulphide links, although sulphydryl and amino groups are important.

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VILLET, R. Involvement of amino and sulphydryl groups in olfactory transduction in silk moths. Nature 248, 707–709 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248707a0

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