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ArticleScientific reports2016

Identification and preliminary characterization of chemosensory perception-associated proteins in the melon fly Bactrocera cucurbitae using RNA-seq.

Samia Elfekih, Chien-Yu Chen, Ju-Chun Hsu, Mahdi Belcaid, David Haymer

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Samia ElfekihCommonwealth Science and Industry Organization (CSIRO), Biosecurity flagship, P.O. BOX 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Chien-Yu ChenNational Taiwan University, Department of Bio-industrial Mechatronics and Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ju-Chun HsuNational Taiwan University, Department of Entomology, Taipei, Taiwan.
Mahdi BelcaidInformation and Computer Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
David HaymerDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
National Taiwan University · TWUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · USCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An investigation into proteins involved in chemosensory perception in the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae) is described here using a newly generated transcriptome dataset. The melon fly is a major agricultural pest, widely distributed in the Asia-Pacific region and some parts of Africa. For this study, a transcriptome dataset was generated using RNA extracted from 4-day-old adult specimens of the melon fly. The dataset was assembled and annotated via Gene Ontology (GO) analysis. Based on this and similarity searches to data from other species, a number of protein sequences putatively involved in chemosensory reception were identified and characterized in the melon fly. This included the highly conserved "Orco" along with a number of other less conserved odorant binding protein sequences. In addition, several sequences representing putative ionotropic and gustatory receptors were also identified. This study provides a foundation for future functional studies of chemosensory proteins in the melon fly and for making more detailed comparisons to other species. In the long term, this will ultimately help in the development of improved tools for pest management.

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PerceptionAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCucurbitaceaeGenes, InsectInsect ProteinsLikelihood FunctionsMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenySequence Analysis, RNATephritidaeTranscriptomeInsect Proteins

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