Molecular identification and characterization of two new Lepidoptera chemoreceptors belonging to the Drosophila melanogaster OR83b family

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 587-596

  Malpel, S ^b,c   Merlin, C ^b,d   Francois M C ^b   Jacquin Joly, E ^a,b  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mamestra brassicae; Olfaction; Olfactory receptor; Spodoptera littoralis

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; OR83B PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALABAMA ARGILLACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 52049121847     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2008.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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