Characterization of an enantioselective odorant receptor in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Bohbot, Jonathan D ^a   Dickens, Joseph C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 OCTEN 3 OL; INSECT PROTEIN; ODORANT RECEPTOR 7; ODORANT RECEPTOR 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1-OCTEN-3-OL; OCTANOL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; OOCYTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS; YELLOW FEVER; AEDES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; STEREOISOMERISM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; OCTANOLS; ODORS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SMELL; STEREOISOMERISM; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 70349280467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007032     Document Type: Article

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