2021
Evolutionary shifts in taste coding in the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii
Dweck HK, Talross GJ, Wang W, Carlson JR. Evolutionary shifts in taste coding in the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii. ELife 2021, 10: e64317. PMID: 33616529, PMCID: PMC7899650, DOI: 10.7554/elife.64317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFruit pest Drosophila suzukiiRipe fruitPest Drosophila suzukiiEvolutionary shiftsBitter compoundsLays eggsAgricultural pestsDrosophila suzukiiBitter taste perceptionDrosophilaTaste sensillaSpeciesPhysiological responsesReduced expressionEggsTaste organsSensillaOverripe fruitsFruitTranscriptomeTaste codingSuzukiiMutantsLabellumPests
2019
Robust olfactory responses in the absence of odorant binding proteins
Xiao S, Sun JS, Carlson JR. Robust olfactory responses in the absence of odorant binding proteins. ELife 2019, 8: e51040. PMID: 31651397, PMCID: PMC6814364, DOI: 10.7554/elife.51040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBehavior, AnimalDrosophilaOdorantsOlfactory PerceptionReceptors, OdorantSensillaSmellConceptsOdorant binding proteinsOlfactory responsesBinding proteinAntennae of insectsHydrophobic odorantsSensilla typesOlfactory physiologyOlfactory sensillaFunctional typesBasiconic sensillaOBPsAntennal basiconic sensillaOdor receptorsSensillaProteinDiverse chemicalsInsectsOdorantsMutantsBehavioral responsesGenesOvipositionPhysiologyHigh levelsResponseOdor coding in the antenna of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans
Soni N, Chahda JS, Carlson JR. Odor coding in the antenna of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2019, 116: 14300-14308. PMID: 31221757, PMCID: PMC6628836, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1907075116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTsetse fly Glossina morsitansClasses of sensillaFruit flyPhysiological analysisAlarm pheromoneDifferent response dynamicsOlfactory sensillaFly antennaOlfactory cuesCellular basisWide diversityTsetse fliesSensillaFliesDifferent functionsDifferent odor stimuliGlossina morsitansPheromoneTsetseFunctional organizationHostDrosophilaMorphological typesOdorantsStriking differenceChemosensory sensilla of the Drosophila wing express a candidate ionotropic pheromone receptor
He Z, Luo Y, Shang X, Sun JS, Carlson JR. Chemosensory sensilla of the Drosophila wing express a candidate ionotropic pheromone receptor. PLOS Biology 2019, 17: e2006619. PMID: 31112532, PMCID: PMC6528970, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2006619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMale-female interactionsDrosophila wingSubesophageal zoneWing marginChemosensory sensillaRNA-seq analysisDifferential RNA-seq analysisAnterior wing marginMale-male interactionsPheromone receptorsTaste organsOptogenetic activationMolecular descriptionGenesIonotropic receptorsChemical perceptionSensillaSecond-order projectionsSexual behaviorFliesPheromoneMale sexual behaviorPheromonal inputHydrophobic moleculesActivation
2012
Non-synaptic inhibition between grouped neurons in an olfactory circuit
Su CY, Menuz K, Reisert J, Carlson JR. Non-synaptic inhibition between grouped neurons in an olfactory circuit. Nature 2012, 492: 66-71. PMID: 23172146, PMCID: PMC3518700, DOI: 10.1038/nature11712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlfactory receptor neuronsDrosophila olfactory receptor neuronsMalaria mosquito AnophelesMosquito AnophelesMammalian taste budsSustained responseInsect controlLateral inhibitionBroad occurrenceChemosensory sensillaOlfactory behaviorTransient activationSensory organsMarked compartmentalizationOlfactory circuitFunctional impactReceptor neuronsReceptor cellsOlfactory informationInhibitionInsectsTaste budsNeuronsCompartmentalizationBuds
2011
The Molecular and Cellular Basis of Bitter Taste in Drosophila
Weiss LA, Dahanukar A, Kwon JY, Banerjee D, Carlson JR. The Molecular and Cellular Basis of Bitter Taste in Drosophila. Neuron 2011, 69: 258-272. PMID: 21262465, PMCID: PMC3033050, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.01.001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research