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Molecular and neural mechanisms of sex pheromone reception and processing in the silkmoth Bombyx mori

Frontiers in Physiology, 2014
Male moths locate their mates using species-specific sex pheromones emitted by conspecific females. One striking feature of sex pheromone recognition in males is the high degree of specificity and sensitivity at all levels, from the primary sensory ...
Takeshi eSakurai, Shigehiro eNamiki, Ryohei eKanzaki   +2 more
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A single sex pheromone receptor determines chemical response specificity of sexual behavior in the silkmoth Bombyx mori. [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2011
In insects and other animals, intraspecific communication between individuals of the opposite sex is mediated in part by chemical signals called sex pheromones.
Takeshi Sakurai, Hidefumi Mitsuno, Stephan Shuichi Haupt, Keiro Uchino, Fumio Yokohari, Takaaki Nishioka, Isao Kobayashi, Hideki Sezutsu, Toshiki Tamura, Ryohei Kanzaki   +9 more
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Neuroethology of olfactory-guided behavior and its potential application in the control of harmful insects [PDF]

, 2016
Harmful insects include pests of crops and storage goods, and vectors of human and animal diseases. Throughout their history, humans have been fighting them using diverse methods.
Guerenstein, Pablo Gustavo, Lei, Hong, Reisenman, Carolina Esther   +2 more
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Identification of putative Type-I sex pheromone biosynthesis-related genes expressed in the female pheromone gland of Streltzoviella insularis.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Species-specific sex pheromones play key roles in moth sexual communication. Although the general pathway of Type-I sex pheromone biosynthesis is well established, only a handful of genes encoding enzymes involved in this pathway have been characterized.
Yuchao Yang, Jing Tao, Shixiang Zong
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Identification of lipases involved in PBAN stimulated pheromone production in Bombyx mori using the DGE and RNAi approaches. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND: Pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) is a neurohormone that regulates sex pheromone synthesis in female moths. Bombyx mori is a model organism that has been used to explore the signal transduction pattern of PBAN, which is ...
Mengfang Du, Xinming Yin, Songdou Zhang, Bin Zhu, Qisheng Song, Shiheng An   +5 more
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Scents and sex: Insect pheromones [PDF]

The Biochemist, 2009
Pheromones are chemical signals (semiochemicals) that act between members of the same species, sex pheromones being the signals that facilitate sexual reproduction. Many organisms use such semiochemicals, but it is insects to which the main research attention has been directed. This article will therefore concentrate on the insect sex pheromones.
Pickett, J. A., Birkett, M. A., Woodcock, C. M., Zhou, J-J.   +3 more
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The aphid sex pheromone

Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1989
Abstract
Dawson, G. W., Janes, N. F., Mudd, A., Pickett, J. A., Slawin, A. M. Z., Wadhams, L. J., Williams, D. J.   +6 more
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The joy of sex pheromones [PDF]

EMBO reports, 2013
Sex pheromones provide an important means of communication to unite individuals for successful reproduction. Although sex pheromones are highly diverse across animals, these signals fulfil common fundamental roles in enabling identification of a mating partner of the opposite sex, the appropriate species and of optimal fecundity.
Gomez-Diaz Carolina, Benton Richard
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Characterisation of Bombyx mori odorant-binding proteins reveals that a general odorant-binding protein discriminates between sex pheromone components [PDF]

, 2009
In many insect species, odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are thought to be responsible for the transport of pheromones and other semiochemicals across the sensillum lymph to the olfactory receptors (ORs) within the antennal sensilla.
Adams, Antony M. Hooper, Benton, Breer, Butenandt, Callahan, Damberger, Dobritsa, Emsley, Forstner, Forêt, Giles Robertson, Grosse-Wilde, Gräter, Gräter, Györgyi, Ha, Horst, Ishida, Jing-Jiang Zhou, John A. Pickett, Kaissling, Kajiya, Keegan, Krieger, Krieger, Krieger, Krieger, Krieger, Laue, Laughlin, Lautenschlager, Lautenschlager, Leal, Leal, Leal, Leal, Lee, Li, Linda M. Field, Maida, Maida, Maida, Malnic, McCoy, Murshudov, Nakagawa, Nicholas H. Keep, Oldham, Oldham, Pelosi, Pesenti, Pfaffl, Picimbon, Pikielny, Pophof, Ramakers, Robertson, Saitou, Samuel Dufour, Sandler, Scaloni, Shanbhag, Steinbrecht, Steinbrecht, Syed, Tamura, Thompson, Vogt, Vogt, Vogt, Vogt, Wojtasek, Xiaoli He, Xu, Zhou, Zhou, Zhou, Zhou, Zubkov   +79 more
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Functional Characterization of Sex Pheromone Receptors in the Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)

Insects, 2020
Pheromone receptors (PRs) found in the antennae of male moths play a vital role in the recognition of sex pheromones released by females. The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a notorious invasive pest, but its PRs have not been reported. In
Jin-Meng Guo, Xiao-Long Liu, Si-Ruo Liu, Zhi-Qiang Wei, Wei-Kang Han, Youzhong Guo, Shuang-Lin Dong   +6 more
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