Antenna-less flies expressing Or10aScer\UAS.T:Hsap\MYC in the maxillary palp, under the control of Scer\GAL4Or83b.7.087, display taste enhancement by methyl salicylate at the sub-threshold sucrose concentration.
When Or10aScer\UAS.T:Hsap\MYC is driven by Scer\GAL4Or22a.8197 in Df(2L)dp-79b/Dp(2;2)dppd21 (Δhalo) flies, mutant animals exhibit a strong response to exposure to methyl salicylate in the ab3A neuron. A strong response is not seen in response to exposure to ethyl acetate, pentyl acetate, ethyl butyrate, 1-hexanol, 1-octen-3-ol, E2-hexanal, 2,3-butanedione, 2-heptanone or geranyl acetate.