Detection of chemical signals from the environment through olfaction is an indispensable
mechanism for maintaining an insect's life, evoking critical behavioral responses. Among …

Simple Summary Insects use olfaction, ie, their sense of smell, to detect odors that elicit
behavioral responses, with structurally similar compounds eliciting different responses. The …

We recently characterized 24-hr daily rhythmic patterns of gene expression in Anopheles
gambiae mosquitoes. These include numerous odorant binding proteins (OBPs), soluble …

Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are small soluble proteins that are thought to transport
hydrophobic odorants across the aqueous sensillar lymph to olfactory receptors. A recent …

The public has a great desire for products that prevent the annoyance of biting insects and
ticks, but that desire does not always translate into sensible use of those products. Insect …

Hard ticks feed for several days or weeks on their hosts and their saliva contains thousands
of polypeptides belonging to dozens of families, as identified by salivary transcriptomes …

The Anopheles gambiae mosquito, which is the vector for Plasmodium falciparum malaria,
uses a series of olfactory cues emanating from human sweat to select humans as their …

Dengue fever has spread worldwide and affects millions of people every year in tropical and
subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Europe and America. Since there is no effective vaccine …

Abstract (E)-β-farnesene (EBF) is the common active component of aphid alarm pheromone.
Either or both of two orthologs of ordorant-binding proteins (OBPs), OBP3 and OBP7 …

Odorant binding proteins (OBPs) transport hydrophobic odor molecules across the sensillar
lymph to trigger a neuronal response. Herein, the Minus-C OBP (DhelOBP21) was …