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Comprehensive History of CSP Genes: Evolution, Phylogenetic Distribution and Functions

In this review we present the developmental, histological, evolutionary and functional properties of insect chemosensory proteins (CSPs) in insect species. CSPs are small globular proteins folded like a prism and notoriously known for their complex and arguably obscure function(s), particularly in p...

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Autores principales: Liu, Guoxia, Xuan, Ning, Rajashekar, Balaji, Arnaud, Philippe, Offmann, Bernard, Picimbon, Jean-François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7230875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32290210
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes11040413
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Sumario:In this review we present the developmental, histological, evolutionary and functional properties of insect chemosensory proteins (CSPs) in insect species. CSPs are small globular proteins folded like a prism and notoriously known for their complex and arguably obscure function(s), particularly in pheromone olfaction. Here, we focus on direct functional consequences on protein function depending on duplication, expression and RNA editing. The result of our analysis is important for understanding the significance of RNA-editing on functionality of CSP genes, particularly in the brain tissue.