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The Peripheral Olfactory Repertoire of the Lightbrown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
The lightbrown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana is an increasingly global pest of horticultural crops. Like other moths, E. postvittana relies on olfactory cues to locate mates and oviposition sites.
Jacob A Corcoran   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A molecular odorant transduction model and the complexity of spatio-temporal encoding in the Drosophila antenna.

open access: yesPLoS Computational Biology, 2020
Over the past two decades, substantial amount of work has been conducted to characterize different odorant receptors, neuroanatomy and odorant response properties of the early olfactory system of Drosophila melanogaster. Yet many odorant receptors remain
Aurel A Lazar, Chung-Heng Yeh
doaj   +1 more source

Sequence comparisons of odorant receptors among tortricid moths reveal different rates of molecular evolution among family members. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
In insects, odorant receptors detect volatile cues involved in behaviours such as mate recognition, food location and oviposition. We have investigated the evolution of three odorant receptors from five species within the moth genera Ctenopseustis and ...
Colm Carraher   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insect Odorant Receptors: Channeling Scent [PDF]

open access: yesCell, 2008
Odorant detection in insects involves heterodimers between an odorant receptor (OR) and a conserved seven-transmembrane protein called Or83b, but the exact mechanism of OR signal transduction is unclear. Two recent studies in Nature (Sato et al., 2008; Wicher et al., 2008) now reveal that these OR-Or83b heterodimers form odorant-gated ion channels ...
Ha, Tal Soo, Smith, Dean P.
openaire   +2 more sources

Overlapping but distinct topology for zebrafish V2R-like olfactory receptors reminiscent of odorant receptor spatial expression zones

open access: yesBMC Genomics, 2018
Background The sense of smell is unrivaled in terms of molecular complexity of its input channels. Even zebrafish, a model vertebrate system in many research fields including olfaction, possesses several hundred different olfactory receptor genes ...
Gaurav Ahuja   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Odorant Binding Causes Cytoskeletal Rearrangement, Leading to Detectable Changes in Endothelial and Epithelial Barrier Function and Micromotion

open access: yesBiosensors, 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   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Odorant Receptor Desensitization in Insects [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Neuroscience, 2017
Insects and other arthropods transmit devastating human diseases, and these vectors use chemical senses to target humans. Understanding how these animals detect, respond, and adapt to volatile odorants may lead to novel ways to disrupt host localization or mate recognition in these pests. The past decade has led to remarkable progress in understanding
Hao Guo, Dean P Smith
openaire   +3 more sources

Data on preparation and characterization of an insect odorant receptor based biosensor

open access: yesData in Brief, 2018
Insect Odorant receptors (OrXs) can be used as the recognition element in a biosensor as they demonstrate high levels of sensitivity and selectivity towards volatile organic compounds.
Roshan Khadka   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of new agonists and antagonists of the insect odorant receptor co-receptor subunit. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
Insects detect attractive and aversive chemicals using several families of chemosensory receptors, including the OR family of olfactory receptors, making these receptors appealing targets for the control of insects.
Sisi Chen, Charles W Luetje
doaj   +1 more source

An Olfactory Receptor Pseudogene whose Function emerged in Humans [PDF]

open access: yes, 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 ...
Catherine Ronin   +6 more
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