Identification and characterization of an odorant receptor from the West Nile Virus mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-176

  Xia, Yuanfeng ^a   Zwiebel, Laurence J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex; Mosquito; Odorant receptor; Olfaction; Vector; West Nile Virus

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SMELL; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DENGUE VIRUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33644536726     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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