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Genomic content of chemosensory genes correlates with host range in wood-boring beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae, Agrilus planipennis, and Anoplophora glabripennis)

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background Olfaction and gustation underlie behaviors that are crucial for insect fitness, such as host and mate selection. The detection of semiochemicals is mediated via proteins from large and rapidly evolving chemosensory gene families; however, the ...
Martin N. Andersson, Christopher I. Keeling, Robert F. Mitchell   +2 more
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Quantum Phenomena in Molecular and Biological Systems: A Decoherence‐Based Decision Framework With Falsifiable Predictions and a Failure‐Mode Taxonomy

Advanced Physics Research, EarlyView.
A physics‐grounded framework based on decoherence timescales (τ_dec vs τ_func), Markovian validity, and falsifiability criteria is applied across molecular systems to distinguish where quantum effects are necessary, marginal, or irrelevant. The analysis integrates quantum chemistry, biological quantum mechanisms, and quantum computing under a unified ...
Sarfaraz K. Niazi
wiley   +1 more source

Can trigeminal sensations impact saltiness perception? A mini‐review

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Many food companies have begun to reduce the salt content in their products due to health concerns; however, this reduction in salt content can affect the food's sensory appeal and flavour complexity. Flavour is defined as a combination of odour (i.e., smell), taste (i.e., gustation) and trigeminal sensations (i.e., chemesthesis).
Emily Dolan, Nicoletta Faraone, Matthew B McSweeney   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implantable Brain–Machine Interface for Olfactory Neural Regulation in Bioelectronic Nose: A Review

Sensory Neuroscience, EarlyView.
The olfactory Brain‐Machine Interface described in this paper bypasses damaged peripheral olfactory pathways by implanting stimulation electrodes in the olfactory bulb or higher‐order olfactory cortex, thereby forming a closed‐loop system that integrates signal acquisition, information decoding, and cortical integration.
Chen Wang, Chunmei Tu, Jian Liu, Fangyuan Zhu, Hongjie Du, Zhaoze Yang, Chengcheng Liu, Xuening Zhao   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diving Deeper Into Mechanisms of Acrylamide‐Induced Toxicity: RNA Sequencing Reveals Transcriptomic Alteration and Retrotransposon Expression in Drosophila melanogaster

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the inevitability of human and animal exposure to acrylamide, there is increasing concern regarding its potential health risks. While a number of molecular mechanisms have been proposed, the complexity of acrylamide toxicological pathways and interactions remains incompletely characterized.
Oluwabukola Mary Farodoye, Titilayomi Ayomide Otenaike, Daniela Moreira Mombach, Monica Medeiros Silva, Amos Olalekan Abolaji, Elgion Lucio Da Silva Loreto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptation of the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii to a specialized nutritional niche

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Unlike most Drosophila larvae that feed on spoiled food, Drosophila suzukii larvae thrive on ripening fruits and consequently face a low‐protein, high‐carbohydrate nutritional challenge. Comparisons of growth among D. suzukii, D. biarmipes, and D. melanogaster larvae across diets with varying protein‐to‐carbohydrate ratios demonstrate that D.
Yan Hou, Ying Zhen
wiley   +1 more source

Binding of a fluorescence reporter and a ligand to an odorant-binding protein of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/4yp]

F1000Research, 2015
Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs), also named pheromone-binding proteins when the odorant is a pheromone, are essential for insect olfaction. They solubilize odorants that reach the port of entry of the olfactory system, the pore tubules in antennae and ...
Gabriel M. Leal, Walter S. Leal
doaj   +1 more source

Two Antenna-Enriched Odorant Binding Proteins in Dioryctria abietella Tuned to General Odorants and Insecticides

Insects, 2022
The management of forest pests has become a significant challenge, particularly for wood borers, because they spend most of the time in the trunks or cones.
Chun Wu, Ningna Yin, Yuruo Guo, Zhengquan Wang, Naiyong Liu   +4 more
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Specific involvement of two amino acid residues in cis -nerolidol binding to odorant-binding protein 5 AlinOBP5 in the alfalfa plant bug, Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze)

, 2013
Olfaction plays an important role in insects' survival and reproduction. Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are considered to be one of the crucial proteins in the insect olfactory pathway.
S.-H. Gu, Han, L., J.-J. Zhou, Wang, S-Y., Guo, Y-Y., Zhang, Y-J., Gu, S-H., S.-Y. Wang, Y.-J. Zhang, Zhou, J-J., Y.-Y. Guo, L. Han   +11 more
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Drugs that act on both G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) and kinases: potentiation of effects, side effects and general aspects of drug pleiotropy

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background A drug designed for a specific target often interacts with multiple targets, either unintentionally or as part of its intended mechanism of action. This has been called pharmacological pleiotropy or polypharmacology. There are key endogenous ligands such as ATP, GABA and glutamate that act on various proteins in humans. Furthermore,
Hampus Ljunggren, Aleksandr Sokolov, Flavio Ballante, Robert Fredriksson, Francisco Lagunas‐Rangel, Alexander S. Hauser, Stefan Knapp, Jörgen Jonsson, Helgi B. Schiöth   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source