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 ResearchConceptsOdorant binding proteinsOlfactory responsesBinding proteinAntennae of insectsHydrophobic odorantsSensilla typesOlfactory physiologyOlfactory sensillaFunctional typesBasiconic sensillaOBPsAntennal basiconic sensillaOdor receptorsSensillaProteinDiverse chemicalsInsectsOdorantsMutantsBehavioral responsesGenesOvipositionPhysiologyHigh levelsResponse
2007
Two Gr Genes Underlie Sugar Reception in Drosophila
Dahanukar A, Lei YT, Kwon JY, Carlson JR. Two Gr Genes Underlie Sugar Reception in Drosophila. Neuron 2007, 56: 503-516. PMID: 17988633, PMCID: PMC2096712, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.10.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubset of sugarsReporter gene expressionSugar-sensing neuronsDouble mutantSugar receptionMolecular basisGenetic analysisGene expressionGr5aDrosophilaReceptor geneSitu hybridizationGenesNeuronsGr64aPrimary receptorTaste receptorsDistinct projectionsReceptorsTemporal dynamicsSugarsMutantsBehavioral responsesLabellumReporter
2000
Candidate Taste Receptors in Drosophila
Clyne P, Warr C, Carlson J. Candidate Taste Receptors in Drosophila. Science 2000, 287: 1830-1834. PMID: 10710312, DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5459.1830.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsAlternative SplicingAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsChemoreceptor CellsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsExonsGene ExpressionGenes, InsectIn Situ HybridizationInsect ProteinsMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyNeurons, AfferentOrgan SpecificityProtein Structure, TertiaryReceptors, Cell SurfaceReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSense OrgansSequence AlignmentTasteConceptsDrosophila genome databaseTransmembrane domain proteinCandidate taste receptorsDomain proteinsDrosophila mutantsDivergent familiesGenome databaseTaste receptorsTissue specificityMolecular mechanismsDiverse familyGustatory organsGenesStructural similarityLabellumBasis of structureTaste signalingProteinTaste neuronsInitial eventFamilyExpressionDrosophilaMutantsReceptors
1999
The Odor Specificities of a Subset of Olfactory Receptor Neurons Are Governed by Acj6, a POU-Domain Transcription Factor
Clyne P, Certel S, de Bruyne M, Zaslavsky L, Johnson W, Carlson J. The Odor Specificities of a Subset of Olfactory Receptor Neurons Are Governed by Acj6, a POU-Domain Transcription Factor. Neuron 1999, 22: 339-347. PMID: 10069339, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)81094-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPOU domain transcription factorOlfactory neuronsTranscription factorsIndividual olfactory neuronsOdorant response profilesSubset of neuronsOlfactory receptor neuronsOdor specificityPhysiological analysisAcj6Neuronal identityOlfactory behaviorMolecular analysisReceptor neuronsNeuronsReceptor geneOlfactory codingGenesResponse profilesMutantsSpecificitySubsetA Novel Family of Divergent Seven-Transmembrane Proteins Candidate Odorant Receptors in Drosophila
Clyne P, Warr C, Freeman M, Lessing D, Kim J, Carlson J. A Novel Family of Divergent Seven-Transmembrane Proteins Candidate Odorant Receptors in Drosophila. Neuron 1999, 22: 327-338. PMID: 10069338, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)81093-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlfactory receptor neuronsPOU domain transcription factorLarge multigene familyCandidate odorant receptorsTransmembrane domain proteinGenomic sequence databasesSubset of ORNsDomain proteinsMultigene familyAntennal developmentOdorant receptorsTranscription factorsSequence databasesInitiate expressionOlfactory organOdorant specificityNovel familyDifferent membersReceptor neuronsReceptor moleculesInsectsMutantsValuable modelGenesOlfactory system