Odorant receptor from the Southern House mosquito narrowly tuned to the oviposition attractant skatole

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 797-800

  Hughes, David T ^a   Pelletier, Julien ^b   Luetje, Charles W ^a   Leal, Walter S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Methylphenol; 3 Methylindole; CquiOR10; Culex quinquefasciatus; Odorant receptor; Xenopus oocyte expression system

Indexed keywords

SKATOLE;

ATTRACTANT; FROG; MOSQUITO; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OVIPOSITION; PROTEIN; SEMIOCHEMICAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CULEX; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CUES; CULEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OVIPOSITION; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SKATOLE;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 77955051594     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9828-9     Document Type: Article

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