Identification of candidate odorant receptors in Asian corn borer Ostrinia furnacalis.

In lepidopteran insects, odorant receptors are involved in the perception of sex pheromones and general odorants. In the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis, although several pheromone receptors have been identified, no general odorant receptor has been reported. In this study, an RNA sequencing a...

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Main Authors: Bin Yang, Katsuhisa Ozaki, Yukio Ishikawa, Takashi Matsuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121261