Opening book details…
Can I read The Emergence of Insect Odorant Receptor-Based Biosensors on EtoBox?
The Emergence of Insect Odorant Receptor-Based Biosensors by Jonathan D. Bohbot; Sefi Vernick is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Emergence of Insect Odorant Receptor-Based Biosensors about?
The olfactory receptor neurons of insects and vertebrates are gated by odorant receptor (OR) proteins of which several members have been shown to exhibit remarkable sensitivity and selectivity towards volatile organic compounds of significant importance in the fields of medicine, agriculture and public health. Insect ORs offer intrinsic amplification where a single binding event is transduced into a measurable ionic current. Consequently, insect ORs have great potential as biorecognition elements in many sensor configurations. However, integrating these sensing components onto electronic transducers for the development of biosensors has been marginal due to several drawbacks, including their lipophilic nature, signal transduction mechanism and the limited number of known cognate receptor-ligand pairs. We review the current state of research in this emerging field and highlight the use of a group of indole-sensitive ORs (indolORs) from unexpected sources for the development of biosensors.
Who reads The Emergence of Insect Odorant Receptor-Based Biosensors?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Engineering.
- Author
- Jonathan D. Bohbot; Sefi Vernick
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Engineering (Physical Sciences)