Shape-shifting molecule aids memory in fruit flies
Prionlike protein Orb2 offers clues to mechanism for remembering

FEELING FLY A protein called Orb2 may store fruit flies’ long-term memories, such as those that remind a male fly when its wing-waggling courtship is futile.
Mr.checker/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
This article is only available to Science News subscribers.
Subscribers, enter your e-mail address to access our archives.
