Molecular and neural mechanisms of sex pheromone reception and processing in the silkmoth Bombyx mori

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 MAR, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sakurai, Takeshi ^a   Namiki, Shigehiro ^a,b   Kanzaki, Ryohei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect; Olfaction; Pheromone source searching behavior; Sex pheromone; Silkmoth

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL OXIDASE; BMPBP1 PROTEIN; BOMBYKOL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHEROMONE BINDING PROTEIN; PHEROMONE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; SENSORY NEURON MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTENNA; ANTENNAL LOBE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOMBYX MORI; BRAIN FUNCTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE METABOLISM; LATERAL ACCESSORY LOBE; LATERAL PROTOCEREBRUM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUSHROOM BODY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SENSILLA TRICHODEA; SENSILLUM; SEX PHEROMONE RECOGNITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84897929134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00125     Document Type: Review

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