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(Submitter supplied) Snakes possess a unique sensory system for detecting infrared radiation, enabling them to generate a ‘thermal image’ of predators or prey. Infrared signals are initially received by the pit organ, a highly specialized facial structure that is innervated by nerve fibers of the somatosensory system. How this organ detects and transduces infrared signals into nerve impulses is not known. Here we use an unbiased transcriptional profiling approach to identify TRPA1 as the infrared receptor on sensory neurons that innervate the pit organ. more...

Organism:

Corallus hortulana; Crotalus atrox; Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimeri; Masticophis flagellum testaceus; Python regius

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

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10 Samples

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