Pheromone autodetection: evidence and implications

R Holdcraft, C Rodriguez-Saona, LL Stelinski - Insects, 2016 - mdpi.com
Olfactory communication research with insects utilizing sex pheromones has focused on the
effects of pheromones on signal receivers. Early pheromone detection studies using the …

Candidate Olfaction Genes Identified within the Helicoverpa armigera Antennal Transcriptome

Y Liu, S Gu, Y Zhang, Y Guo, G Wang - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Antennal olfaction is extremely important for insect survival, mediating key behaviors such
as host preference, mate choice, and oviposition site selection. Multiple antennal proteins …

Expression in Antennae and Reproductive Organs Suggests a Dual Role of an Odorant-Binding Protein in Two Sibling Helicoverpa Species

YL Sun, LQ Huang, P Pelosi, CZ Wang - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) mediate both perception and release of semiochemicals in
insects. These proteins are the ideal targets for understanding the olfactory code of insects …

Two subclasses of odorant‐binding proteins in Spodoptera exigua display structural conservation and functional divergence

NY Liu, F Yang, K Yang, P He, XH Niu… - Insect molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Although many studies on lepidopteran pheromone‐binding proteins (PBPs)/general
odorant‐binding proteins (GOBPs) have been reported, the functional differentiation within …

Two general-odorant binding proteins in Spodoptera litura are differentially tuned to sex pheromones and plant odorants

NY Liu, K Yang, Y Liu, W Xu, A Anderson… - … and Physiology Part A …, 2015 - Elsevier
Moths have evolved a sensitive and sophisticated olfactory system to sense a variety of
semiochemicals from the external environment. In chemosensory processes, the odorant …

Expression patterns and binding properties of three pheromone binding proteins in the diamondback moth, Plutella xyllotella

M Sun, Y Liu, G Wang - Journal of insect physiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Pheromone binding proteins (PBPs) play a key role in transporting hydrophobic sex
pheromone components emitted by con-specific female across aqueous sensillar lymph to …

RNAi-Induced Electrophysiological and Behavioral Changes Reveal two Pheromone Binding Proteins of Helicoverpa armigera Involved in the Perception of the Main Sex …

K Dong, L Sun, JT Liu, SH Gu, JJ Zhou… - Journal of chemical …, 2017 - Springer
Pheromone binding proteins (PBPs) are thought to play key roles in insect sex pheromone
recognition; however, there is little in vivo evidence to support this viewpoint in comparison …

De novo analysis of the Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) antenna transcriptome and expression patterns of olfactory genes

SS Zhou, Z Sun, W Ma, W Chen, MQ Wang - … Biochemistry and Physiology …, 2014 - Elsevier
We sequenced the antenna transcriptome of the brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata
lugens (Stål), a global rice pest, and performed transcriptome analysis on BPH antenna. We …

Functional characterization of PBP1 gene in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by using the CRISPR/Cas9 system

ZF Ye, XL Liu, Q Han, H Liao, XT Dong, GH Zhu… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Pheromone binding proteins (PBPs) are thought to play crucial roles in perception of the sex
pheromones particularly in noctuid moths, but this is rarely in vivo evidenced due to lacking …

Functional differentiation of pheromone-binding proteins in the common cutworm Spodoptera litura

NY Liu, CC Liu, SL Dong - … Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular …, 2013 - Elsevier
Pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs), a sub-family of odorant-binding proteins, are thought
primarily to bind and transport the sex pheromones in moths. Considering multiple …