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Chemosensory-Related Gene Family Members of the Horn Fly, Haematobia irritans irritans (Diptera: Muscidae), Identified by Transcriptome Analysis

Insects, 2020
Horn flies are one of the most significant economic pests of cattle in the United States and worldwide. Chemical control methods have been routinely utilized to reduce populations of this pest, but the steady development of insecticide resistance has ...
Pia Untalan Olafson, Christopher A. Saski   +1 more
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Enantiomeric Discrimination in Insects: The Role of OBPs and ORs

Insects, 2022
Olfaction is a complex recognition process that is critical for chemical communication in insects. Though some insect species are capable of discrimination between compounds that are structurally similar, little is understood about how this high level of
Cassie Sims, Michael A. Birkett, David M. Withall   +2 more
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Odorant Binding Causes Cytoskeletal Rearrangement, Leading to Detectable Changes in Endothelial and Epithelial Barrier Function and Micromotion

Biosensors, 2023
Non-olfactory cells have excellent biosensor potential because they express functional olfactory receptors (ORs) and are non-neuronal cells that are easy to culture.
Theresa M. Curtis, Annabella M. Nilon, Anthony J. Greenberg, Matthew Besner, Jacob J. Scibek, Jennifer A. Nichols, Janet L. Huie   +6 more
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Structure, Binding Characteristics, and 3D Model Prediction of a Newly Identified Odorant-Binding Protein from the Cotton Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2012
The full-length sequence of the odorant binding protein 5 gene, HarmOBP5, was obtained from an antennae cDNA library of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner). The cDNA contains a 444 bp open reading frame, encoding a protein with 147 amino acids,
Tian-tao ZHANG, Wei-xuan WANG, Shao-hua GU, Zi-ding ZHANG, Kong-ming WU, Yong-jun ZHANG, Yu-yuan GUO   +6 more
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Biosensors for Odor Detection: A Review

Biosensors, 2023
Animals can easily detect hundreds of thousands of odors in the environment with high sensitivity and selectivity. With the progress of biological olfactory research, scientists have extracted multiple biomaterials and integrated them with different ...
Hongchao Deng, Takamichi Nakamoto
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Axonal Odorant Receptors Mediate Axon Targeting

Cell Reports, 2019
Summary: In mammals, odorant receptors not only detect odors but also define the target in the olfactory bulb, where sensory neurons project to give rise to the sensory map.
Ilaria Zamparo, Simona Francia, Sira Angela Franchi, Nelly Redolfi, Elisa Costanzi, Axelle Kerstens, Yosuke Fukutani, Roberto Battistutta, Patrizia Polverino de Laureto, Sebastian Munck, Bart De Strooper, Hiroaki Matsunami, Claudia Lodovichi   +12 more
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Interpopulational Variations of Odorant-Binding Protein Expression in the Black Cutworm Moth, Agrotis ipsilon

Insects, 2020
A long-range migrant species of moth (Agrotis ipsilon) has served as a model to compare the expression profiles of antennal proteins between different continental populations.
Jean-François Picimbon
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The Odorant-Binding Protein Gene obp11 Shows Different Spatiotemporal Roles in the Olfactory System of Apis mellifera ligustica and Apis cerana cerana

Sociobiology, 2014
Odorant-binding proteins participate in the olfactory system of the honeybee. Apis mellifera ligustica and Apis cerana cerana are species of honeybee that have different biologic functions.
Hongxia Zhao, Yuexiong Luo, Jianghong Lee, Xuefeng Zhang, qin Liang, Xinnian Zeng   +5 more
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The Odorant-Binding Proteins of the Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae [PDF]

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021
Spider mites are one of the major agricultural pests, feeding on a large variety of plants. As a contribution to understanding chemical communication in these arthropods, we have characterized a recently discovered class of odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) in Tetranychus urticae. As in other species of Chelicerata, the four OBPs of T.
Zhu J, Renzone G, Arena S, Dani FR, Paulsen H, Knoll W, Cambillau C, Scaloni A, Pelosi P   +8 more
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The 40-Year Mystery of Insect Odorant-Binding Proteins [PDF]

Biomolecules, 2021
The survival of insects depends on their ability to detect molecules present in their environment. Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) form a family of proteins involved in chemoreception. While OBPs were initially found in olfactory appendages, recently these proteins were discovered in other chemosensory and non-chemosensory organs.
Rihani, Karen, Ferveur, Jean-François, Briand, Loïc   +2 more
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