Dop1 enhances conspecific olfactory attraction by inhibiting miR-9a maturation in locusts

Xiaojiao Guo; Zongyuan Ma; Baozhen Du; Ting Li; Wudi Li; Lingling Xu; Jing He; Le Kang

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03437-z

Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Dop1 enhances conspecific olfactory attraction by inhibiting miR-9a maturation in locusts

Xiaojiao Guo,
Zongyuan Ma,
Baozhen Du,
Ting Li,
Wudi Li,
Lingling Xu,
Jing He,
Le Kang

Affiliations

Xiaojiao Guo: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zongyuan Ma: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Baozhen Du: Beijing Institutes of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ting Li: Beijing Institutes of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wudi Li: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lingling Xu: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jing He: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Le Kang: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03437-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Migratory locusts shift between aggregating together during gregarious phases and living individually during solitary phases. Here, the authors find that the D1-like dopamine receptor regulates the olfactory attraction underlying this behavioral switch via microRNA-9a and adenylyl cyclase.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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