Walter S. Leal

Identification and cloning of a female antenna-specific odorant-binding protein in the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus.

Peripheral coding of sex pheromone and a behavioral antagonist in the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica.

NMR structure of the unliganded Bombyx mori pheromone-binding protein at physiological pH.

Cloning of putative odorant-degrading enzyme and integumental esterase cDNAs from the wild silkmoth, Antheraea polyphemus.

Odorant-binding proteins from a primitive termite.

Protein that makes sense in the Argentine ant.

Sex pheromone of the scarab beetle Phyllophaga elenans and some intriguing minor components.

Trapping of Phyllophaga elenans with a female-produced pheromone.

Behavioral and electrophysiological responses of the brownbanded cockroach, Supella longipalpa, to stereoisomers of its sex pheromone, supellapyrone.

Pheromone anosmia in a scarab beetle induced by in vivo inhibition of a pheromone-degrading enzyme.

Pheromone unwrapping by pH flip-flopping.

Intriguing olfactory proteins from the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

Behavioral activity of stereoisomers and a new component of the contact sex pheromone of female German cockroach, Blattella germanica.

Assignments for the Bombyx mori pheromone-binding protein fragment BmPBP(1-128) at pH 6.5.

Kinetics and molecular properties of pheromone binding and release.

Coil-to-helix transition and ligand release of Bombyx mori pheromone-binding protein.

Selective and pH-dependent binding of a moth pheromone to a pheromone-binding protein.

Rapid inactivation of a moth pheromone.

The crystal structure of an odorant binding protein from Anopheles gambiae: evidence for a common ligand release mechanism.

Identification, synthesis, and field evaluation of the sex pheromone from the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella.

Pheromone reception in fruit flies expressing a moth's odorant receptor.

Oviposition responses of gravid female Culex quinquefasciatus to egg rafts and low doses of oviposition pheromone under semifield conditions.

Sexual behavior of the navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

Towards the identification and synthesis of the sex pheromone of the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae).

Maxillary palps are broad spectrum odorant detectors in Culex quinquefasciatus.

Bombyx mori pheromone-binding protein binding nonpheromone ligands: implications for pheromone recognition.

Structural basis of ligand binding and release in insect pheromone-binding proteins: NMR structure of Antheraea polyphemus PBP1 at pH 4.5.

Molecular switches for pheromone release from a moth pheromone-binding protein.

Chiral discrimination of the Japanese beetle sex pheromone and a behavioral antagonist by a pheromone-degrading enzyme.

Mosquitoes smell and avoid the insect repellent DEET.

Reverse and conventional chemical ecology approaches for the development of oviposition attractants for Culex mosquitoes.

Synthesis of an immobilized Bombyx mori pheromone-binding protein liquid chromatography stationary phase.

GP-9s are ubiquitous proteins unlikely involved in olfactory mediation of social organization in the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta.

Genome analysis and expression patterns of odorant-binding proteins from the Southern House mosquito Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus.

Olfactory proteins mediating chemical communication in the navel orangeworm moth, Amyelois transitella.

Acute olfactory response of Culex mosquitoes to a human- and bird-derived attractant.

(1)H, (15)N, and (13)C chemical shift assignments of the mosquito odorant binding protein-1 (CquiOBP1) bound to the mosquito oviposition pheromone.

Structure of an odorant-binding protein from the mosquito Aedes aegypti suggests a binding pocket covered by a pH-sensitive "Lid".

NMR structure of navel orangeworm moth pheromone-binding protein (AtraPBP1): implications for pH-sensitive pheromone detection.

Chemical ecology of animal and human pathogen vectors in a changing global climate.

Knockdown of a mosquito odorant-binding protein involved in the sensitive detection of oviposition attractants.

Behavioural neurobiology: The treacherous scent of a human.

Potentially hygroreceptive sensilla on the anal stylus of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis.

An odorant receptor from the southern house mosquito Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus sensitive to oviposition attractants.

Bombykol receptors in the silkworm moth and the fruit fly.

Culex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) egg laying in traps loaded with Bacillus thuringiensis variety israelensis and baited with skatole.

Pheromone binding to general odorant-binding proteins from the navel orangeworm.

Evaluation of an oviposition-stimulating kairomone for the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, in Recife, Brazil.

Odorant receptor from the southern house mosquito narrowly tuned to the oviposition attractant skatole.

Crystal and solution structures of an odorant-binding protein from the southern house mosquito complexed with an oviposition pheromone.

Odorant-binding proteins of the malaria mosquito Anopheles funestus sensu stricto.

Extrusion of the C-terminal helix in navel orangeworm moth pheromone-binding protein (AtraPBP1) controls pheromone binding.

Dynamic conformational equilibria in the physiological function of the Bombyx mori pheromone-binding protein.

Generic insect repellent detector from the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

Characterization of olfactory genes in the antennae of the Southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus.

Conserved odorant-binding proteins from aphids and eavesdropping predators.

Unusual macrocyclic lactone sex pheromone of Parcoblatta lata, a primary food source of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.