Chemoreceptor Evolution in Hymenoptera and Its Implications for the Evolution of Eusociality. [PDF]
, 2015 Eusocial insects, mostly Hymenoptera, have evolved unique colonial lifestyles that rely on the perception of social context mainly through pheromones, and chemoreceptors are hypothesized to have played important adaptive roles in the evolution of ...
Berger, Shelley L +5 more
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Insects, 2023 Chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are a class of soluble proteins that facilitate the recognition of chemical signals in insects. While CSP genes have been identified in many insect species, studies investigating their function remain limited.
Kai-Ru Han +5 more
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Timed and targeted differential regulation of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and anti-NOS genes by reward conditioning leading to long-term memory formation [PDF]
, 2005 In a number of neuronal models of learning, signaling by the neurotransmitter nitric oxide (NO), synthesized by the enzyme neuronal NO synthase (nNOS), is essential for the formation of long-term memory (LTM). Using the molluscan model system Lymnaea, we
Benjamin, Paul R +6 more
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Functional modulation of IFT kinesins extends the sensory repertoire of ciliated neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans [PDF]
, 2006 The diversity of sensory cilia on Caenorhabditis elegans neurons allows the animal to detect a variety of sensory stimuli. Sensory cilia are assembled by intraflagellar transport (IFT) kinesins, which transport ciliary precursors, bound to IFT particles,
Evans, James E. +6 more
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Structure and dynamics of the E. coli chemotaxis core signaling complex by cryo-electron tomography and molecular simulations [PDF]
, 2020 To enable the processing of chemical gradients, chemotactic bacteria possess large arrays of transmembrane chemoreceptors, the histidine kinase CheA, and the adaptor protein CheW, organized as coupled core-signaling units (CSU). Despite decades of study,
Cassidy, Keith +8 more
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Positioning of the Motility Machinery in Halophilic Archaea
mBio, 2019 Bacteria and archaea exhibit tactical behavior and can move up and down chemical gradients. This tactical behavior relies on a motility structure, which is guided by a chemosensory system.
Zhengqun Li +7 more
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Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2023 Chemosensory proteins (CSPs) perform several functions in insects. This study performed the gene expression, ligand-binding, and molecular docking assays on the EforCSP3 identified in the parasitoid wasp Encarsia formosa, to determine whether EforCSP3 ...
Ke WANG +6 more
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Extensive local adaptation within the chemosensory system following Drosophila melanogaster's global expansion. [PDF]
, 2016 How organisms adapt to new environments is of fundamental biological interest, but poorly understood at the genetic level. Chemosensory systems provide attractive models to address this problem, because they lie between external environmental signals and
Arguello, J.R. +5 more
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Agronomy, 2022 Insects stimulate specific behaviors by correctly recognizing scent molecules in the external environment. Sirex nitobei, a wood-boring wasp species native to Asia with a distribution area that includes the Palaearctic and Oriental regions, is a ...
Pingping Guo +5 more
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A divergent CheW confers plasticity to nucleoid-associated chemosensory arrays.
PLoS Genetics, 2019 Chemosensory systems are highly organized signaling pathways that allow bacteria to adapt to environmental changes. The Frz chemosensory system from M. xanthus possesses two CheW-like proteins, FrzA (the core CheW) and FrzB.
Annick Guiseppi +11 more
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