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Functional analysis of general odorant binding protein 2 from the meadow moth, Loxostege sticticalis L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Odorant binding proteins play a crucial role in transporting semiochemicals across the sensillum lymph to olfactory receptors within the insect antennal sensilla.
Jiao Yin, Honglin Feng, Hongyan Sun, Jinghui Xi, Yazhong Cao, Kebin Li   +5 more
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A machine learning approach for the identification of odorant binding proteins from sequence-derived properties

BMC Bioinformatics, 2007
Background Odorant binding proteins (OBPs) are believed to shuttle odorants from the environment to the underlying odorant receptors, for which they could potentially serve as odorant presenters.
Suganthan PN, Tang Ke, Pugalenthi Ganesan, Archunan G, Sowdhamini R   +4 more
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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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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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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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An Olfactory Receptor Pseudogene whose Function emerged in Humans [PDF]

, 2007
Human olfactory receptor, hOR17-210, is identified as a pseudogene in the human genome. Experimental data has shown however, that the gene product of cloned hOR17-210 cDNA was able to bind an odorant-binding protein and is narrowly tuned for excitation ...
Gautam Bahl, Valery Matarazzo, Chiquito J. Crasto, Peter Lai, Olivier Clot-Faybesse, Catherine Ronin, Maryse Gremigni, Valery Matarazzo, Chiquito Crasto   +8 more
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Association of smoking behavior with an odorant receptor allele telomeric to the human major histocompatibility complex [PDF]

, 2008
Smoking behavior has been associated in two independent European cohorts with the most common Caucasian human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haplotype (A1-B8-DR3). We aimed to test whether polymorphic members of the two odorant receptor (OR) clusters within the
Yu CY, Volz A, Ziegler, Andreas, Horton, Roger, Uchanska-Ziegler, Barbara, Ziegler A, Sandro Carvalho Santos, P., Füst, George, Miretti, M., Santos, Pablo Sandro Carvalho, Miretti, Marcos Mateo, Yu, Chack-Yung, Uchanska-Ziegler, B., Prohászka, Z., Yu, C.-Y., Horton, R., Beck S, Volz, A., Beck, Stephan G., Miretti M, Beck, S., Volz, Armin, Prohászka, Zoltán, Santos PSC, Füst, György, Füst, G., Uchanska-Ziegler B, Ziegler, A., Horton R   +28 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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Odorant Binding Changes the Electrical Properties of Olfactory Receptors at the Nanoscale [PDF]

, 2021
The transduction of odorant binding into cellular signaling by olfactory receptors (ORs) is not understood and knowing its mechanism would enable developing new pharmacology and biohybrid electronic detectors of volatile organic com-pounds bearing high ...
Anna, Lagunas, Christine , Belloir, Loic, Briand, Pau, Gorostiza, Josep, Samitier   +4 more
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