The sense of smell enables insects to recognize and discriminate a broad range of volatile
chemicals in their environment originating from prey, host plants and conspecifics. These …

Recent progress in understanding the principles and mechanisms in olfaction is the result of
multidisciplinary research efforts that explored chemosensation by using a variety of model …

Drosophila olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) each express two odorant receptors (ORs): a
divergent member of the OR family and the highly conserved, broadly expressed receptor …

We have taken advantage of the availability of a large amount of Drosophila genomic DNA
sequence in the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project database (∼ 1/5 of the genome) to …

The G i/G o-like Gα protein ODR-3 is strongly and selectively implicated in the function of C.
elegans olfactory and nociceptive neurons. Either loss of odr-3 function or overexpression of …

Olfaction in Drosophila is mediated by a large family of membrane-bound odorant receptor
proteins (Ors). In heterologous cells, we investigated whether the structural features and …

We identified a large family of putative odorant-binding protein (OBP) genes in the genome
of Drosophila melanogaster. Some of these genes are present in large clusters in the …

The molecular mechanisms mediating chemosensory discrimination in insects are unknown.
Using the enhancer trapping approach, we identified a new Drosophila mutant, lush, with …

The core mechanism of circadian timekeeping in arthropods and vertebrates consists of
feedback loops involving several clock genes, including period (per) and timeless (tim),. In …

Molecular Basis of Pheromone Detection in Insects Page 1 Molecular Basis of Pheromone
Detection in Insects Richard G. Vogt Department of Biological Sciences, University of South …