Characterization of olfactory genes in the antennae of the Southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 915-929

  Pelletier, Julien ^a   Leal, Walter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennae; Culex quinquefasciatus; Olfaction; Olfactory genes

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; ODORANT BINDING PROTEIN; ODORANT-BINDING PROTEIN;

ANTENNA; BIOINFORMATICS; CHEMORECEPTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; NEUROLOGY; ODOR; OLFACTION; OLFACTORY CUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME; RELATEDNESS;

ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; CULEX; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ODORANT;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79959893522     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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