Volatile allosteric antagonists of mosquito odorant receptors inhibit normal odor-dependent behaviors
Georgia Kythreoti, Nadia Sdralia, Panagiota Tsitoura, Dimitrios Papachristos, Αntonios Michaelakis, Vasileios Karras, David M. Ruel, Esther Yakir, Jonathan Daniel Bohbot, Stefan Schulz, Kostas Iatrou
The paper identifies volatile organic compounds that act as allosteric antagonists of mosquito odorant receptors, inhibiting odor-dependent behaviors and repelling multiple mosquito species.
Journal of Biological Chemistry · Dec 9, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience