Type: Sensory neuron (Odorsensory)
In MoW: AWA
Male Wiring Project: AWAL, AWAR
In Wormbase: AWA, AWAL, AWAR
Lineage: AB plaapapaa, AB praapapaa
Location: Lateral ganglia of head
Description: Amphid wing "A" cells. Have ciliated sheet-like sensory endings closely associated with amphid sheath.
Neurotransmitter:
Function: Chemotaxis to diacetyl, pyrazine, trimethylthiazole (Bargmann et al., 1993)
Receptor Expression: Express 7-TM diacetyl receptor ODR-10 (Sengupta et al., 1996; Zhang et al., 1997). Express TRPV (mammalian capsaicin receptor-like channel) proteins OSM-9 (Colbert et al., 1997) and OCR-1 and OCR-2 (Tobin et al., 2002).