Publications
(*denotes equal contributions, undergraduate author)
2024:
Binary Mixtures of VUAA Thermolysis Components Act as Volatile Spatial Repellents for Malaria Vector Mosquitoes. Luis A. Martinez, Ahmed Imami, Enzo de Jong, Ian M. Romaine and L.J. Zwiebel. Pest Management Science (2024) http://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8421.
2023:
Age and Task Modulate Olfactory Sensitivity in the Florida Carpenter Ant, Camponotus floridanus. Stephen T. Ferguson, Issac Bakis, Nicholas D. Edwards, and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Insects (2023)14, 724, https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14090724 Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.18.549561v1
Olfactory sensitivity differentiates morphologically distinct worker castes in Camponotus floridanus. Stephen T. Ferguson, Issac Bakis, Nicholas D. Edwards, and Laurence J. Zwiebel. BMC Biology (2023) 21:3 https://rdcu.be/c20yH. Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.01.486728v1
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Physiological and Behavioral Characterization of Larval Olfaction in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles coluzzii Feng Liu, Huahua Sun, and Laurence Zwiebel. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols’ (2023) May 2;2023(5):pdb.top107677. https://cshprotocols.cshlp.org/content/2023/5/pdb.top107677.long PMID: 36446533
Examining Peripheral Electrophysiological Responses of the Larval Antennal Sensory Cone of Anopheles coluzzii to Volatile Odorants. Liu F, Sun H, Zwiebel LJ. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. (2023) May 2;2023(5):pdb.prot108020. https://cshprotocols.cshlp.org/content/2023/5/pdb.prot108020.long. PMID: 36446535
Cup and Pan Behavioral Assays for Assessing Anopheles coluzzii Larval Volatile Responses. Liu F, Sun H, Zwiebel LJ. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. (2023) May 2;2023(5):pdb.prot108021. https://cshprotocols.cshlp.org/content/2023/5/pdb.prot108021.long PMID: 36446532
2022:
Discrete Roles of the Ir76b Ionotropic Co-Receptor Impact Olfaction, Blood Feeding, and Mating in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles coluzzii. Zi Ye*, Feng Liu*, Huahua Sun, Stephen T. Ferguson, Adam Baker, Samuel A. Ochieng and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 119 (23)e2112385119. Preprint: bioRxiv 2021.07.05.451160; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.05.451160
2021:
Transcriptome Profiles of Anopheles gambiae Harboring Natural Low-Level Plasmodium Infection Reveal Adaptive Advantages for the Mosquito. Ann Carr, David Rinker, Yuemei Dong, George Dimopoulos and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Nature Scientific Reports (2021) 11:2257B. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01842-x. Preprint bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.02.454766.
Pleiotropic odorant-binding proteins promote Aedes aegypti reproduction and flavivirus transmission. Shengzhang Dong, Zi Ye, Chinmay Tikhe, Zhijian Tu, Laurence J. Zwiebel, and George Dimopoulos. mBio. (2021) Oct 12:e0253121. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02531-21
Neuronal Odor Coding in the Larval Sensory Cone of Anopheles coluzzii: Complex Responses from a Simple System. Huahua Sun*, Feng Liu*, Adam Baker, H. Willi Honegger, Georg Raiser and Laurence J. Zwiebel. (2021) Cell Reports 36, 109555 August 17, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109555 Preprint bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.09.290544.
Advances in the Study of Olfaction in Eusocial Ants. (Review), Stephen T. Ferguson, Isaac Bakis and Laurence J. Zwiebel, Insects (2021) 12(3), 252; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12030252. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/3/252
The Ammonium Transporter AcAmt Plays an Essential Reproductive Role and a acts in a Novel Ammonia-Sensing Mechanism in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles coluzzii. Zi Ye*, Feng Liu*, Stephen T. Ferguson, Adam Baker, R. Jason Pitts and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2021) Apr 30;134:103578. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103578. Preprint bioRxiv doi: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.29.428879v1
2020:
Mutagenesis of the Orco Odorant Receptor Co-receptor Impairs Olfactory Function in the Malaria Vector Anopheles coluzzii. Huahua Sun*, Feng Liu*, Zi Ye, Adam Baker and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2020) Dec;127:103497. Doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103497. Epub 2020 Nov. 11. PMID: 33188923, / Preprint bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.04.283424.
Olfactory Genomics of Eusociality within the Hymenoptera. Stephen T. Ferguson, Anandasankar Ray and Laurence J. Zwiebel, in Insect Pheromone Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2nd Edition, Richard Vogt, ed. Elsevier Press, 2020.
Gene Editing Reveals Obligate and Modulatory Components of the CO2 Receptor Complex in the Malaria Vector Mosquito, Anopheles coluzzii. Feng Liu*, Zi Ye*, Adam Baker, Huahua Sun and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2020) Sep 20;127:103470. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103470. PMID: 32966873/ Preprint bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.13.094995.
Heterogeneous Expression of the Ammonium Transporter AgAmt in Chemosensory Appendages of the Malaria Vector. Anopheles gambiae. Zi Ye, HuaHua Sun, Alex Liu, Mackenzie Barker, R. Jason Pitts and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2020) May; 120:103360. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103360. Epub Feb 29, 2020.
Odor Coding of Nestmate Recognition in the Eusocial Ant Camponotus floridanus. Stephen T. Ferguson, Alexandra R. Ruff, Kyu Y. Park, Isaac Bakis and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Journal of Experimental Biology (2020) doi:10.1242/jeb.215400. PMID: 31900348.
2019:
Olfactory receptor gene abundance in invasive breast carcinoma. Shirin Masjedi, Laurence Zwiebel, and Todd Giorgio. Nature Scientific Reports (2019) Sep 24;9(1): 13736. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50085-4.
2018:
Antennal Olfactory Physiology and Behavior of Males of the Ponerine Ant Harpegnathos saltator. Ghaninia M, Berger SL, Reinberg D, Zwiebel LJ, Ray A, Liebig J., Journal of Chemical Ecology (2018) Sep 7. doi: 10.1007/s10886-018-1013-6
Characterization of Chemosensory Responses on the Labellum of the Malaria Vector Mosquito, Anopheles coluzzii. Ahmed M. Saveer, R. Jason Pitts, Stephen T. Ferguson and LJ Zwiebel. Scientific Reports (2018) 8, 5656, doi:10.1038/s415-018-23987-y
2017:
Deciphering the olfactory repertiore of the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus. Fabrizio Lombardo, Marco Salvenimi, Carmine Fiorillo, Tony Nolan, Laurence J. Zwiebel, Jose M. Ribeiro and Bruno Arca. BMC Genomics (2017) 18:770. doi 10.1186/s12864-017-4144-1.
Protein Profiles of Chemosensory Organs of Three Members of the Afro-Tropical Anopheles gambiae Species Complex. Immacolata Iovinella, Beniamino Caputo, Maria Calzetta, Laurence J. Zwiebel, Francesca R. Dani and Alessandra della Torre. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part D: Genomics Proteomics. (2017) Aug 2;24:41-50. doi: 10.10.16/j.cbd.2017.07.005. Epub ahead of print
An Engineered Orco mutation Produces Aberrant Social Behavior and Defective Neural Development in Ants. Hua Yan, Comzit Opachaloemphan, Giacomo Mancini, Huan Yang, Matthew Gallitto, Jakub Mlejnek, Kevin Haight, Majid Ghaninia, Lucy Huo, Alexandra Leibholz, Jesse Slone, Xiaofan Zhou, Maria Traficante, Clint A. Penick, Kelly Dolezal, Kaustubh Gokhale, Kelsey Stevens, Ingrid Fetter-Pruneda, Roberto Bonasio, Laurence J. Zwiebel, Shelley Berger, Jürgen Liebig, Danny Reinberg, Claude Desplan. Cell (2017) 170: 4 (10 August 2017): 727-735 e10. / bioRxiv: http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/05/25/142232).
Receptors for Cuticular Hydrocarbons: Candidate Pheromones and Cues for Social Insects. Gregory M. Pask, Jesse D. Slone, Jocelyn G. Millar, Prithwiraj Das, Jardel A. Moreira, Xiaofan Zhou, Jan Bello, Shelley L. Berger, Roberto Bonasio, Claude Desplan, Danny Reinberg, Jürgen Liebig, Laurence J. Zwiebel, and Anandasankar Ray. Nature Communications (2017) 8:297, doi: DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00099-1 Epub 2017 Aug 17.
Functional Characterization of Odorant Receptors in the Ponerine Ant Harpegnathos saltator. Jesse D. Slone, Gregory M. Pask, Stephen T. Ferguson, Jocelyn G. Millar, Shelley L. Berger, Danny Reinberg, Jürgen Liebig, Anandasankar Ray and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2017) 114 (32): 8586-8591. 8 August, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1704647114. Epub 2017 July 10.
Chemosensory sensitivity reflects reproductive status in the ant Harpegnathos saltator. Majid Ghaninia, Kevin Haight, Shelley L. Berger, Danny Reinberg, Laurence J. Zwiebel, Anandasankar Ray and Jürgen Liebig. Scientific Reports (2017) June 16; 7: 3732, DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-03964-7
Variant Ionotropic Receptors in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae Tuned to Amines and Carboxylic Acids Jason Pitts*, Stephen L. Derryberry*, Zhiwei Zhang and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Scientific Reports (2017) 7:40297, Jan. 9, 2017, doi:10.1038/srep40297.
2016:
Mosquito Sensory Systems (Review) Craig Montell and LJ Zwiebel. Advances in Insect Physiology (2016) May 27, 2016; doi:10.1016/bs.aiip.2016.04.007
Disease Vectors in the era of next generation sequencing (Review) David C. Rinker, R. Jason Pitts and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Genome Biology (2016) May 6, 2016 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-0966-4
Suboptimal larval habitats mediate oviposition of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles coluzzii. Eunho Suh, Dong-Hwan Choe, Saveer M. Ahmed, and Laurence J. Zwiebel. PLos ONE (2016) February 22, 2016; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149800. / bioRxiv http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2015/09/25/027367,
Epigenetic (re)programming of caste-specific behavior in the ant Camponotus floridanus. Daniel F. Simola, Riley J. Graham, Cristina M. Brady, Brittany L. Enzmann, Claude Desplan, Anandasankar Ray, Laurence J. Zwiebel, Roberto Bonasio, Danny Reinberg, Jürgen Liebig, Shelley L. Berger. Science (2016) Jan 1;351(6268) pii: aac6633. doi: 10.1126/science.aac6633.
2015:
Cuticular hydrocarbon pheromones for social behavior and their coding in the ant antenna. Kavita R. Sharma, Brittany L. Enzmann, Yvonne Schmidt, Dani Moore, Graeme R. Jones, Jane Parker, Shelly L. Berger, Danny Reinberg, Laurence J. Zwiebel, Bernhard Breit, Jürgen Liebig, Anandasankar Ray. Cell Reports (2015) 12 (8):1261-1271. doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2015.07.031, Epub 2015 Aug 13.
Chemoreceptor evolution in Hymenoptera and its implication for the evolution of eusociality. Xiaofan Zhou, Antonis Rokas, Anandasankar Ray, Jürgen Liebig, Shelly L. Berger, Danny Reinberg and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Genome Biology and Evolution (2015) Aug 12. pii: evv149.
RNAseq in the mosquito maxillary palp: a little antennal RNA goes a long way (Rebuttal To Hodges et al., BMC Genomics 2014). David C. Rinker*, Xiaofan Zhou, R. Jason Pitts, Patrick L. Jones, Antonis Rokas and Laurence J. Zwiebel /bioRxiv http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/016998
Highly evolvable malaria vectors: the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes. The Anopheles Genomes Cluster Consortium w/Xiaofan Zhou, David Rinker, Antonis Rokas and Laurence J. Zwiebel (of 125 authors), Science (2015) Jan 2;347 (6217):1258522. doi: 10.1126/science 1258522. Epub 2014 Nov 27
2014:
Peripheral olfactory signaling in insects. (Review)Eunho Suh, Jonathan D. Bohbot and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Current Opinion in Insect Science (2014) 6:1-7. First Published online on November 14, 2014 doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2014.10.006
Antennal-Expressed Ammonium Transporters in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae. R.Jason Pitts*, Stephen Derryberry*, Fadi Pulous and Laurence J. Zwiebel. PLoS ONE (2014) 9(10): e111858. doi:10.1371 journal.pone.0111858
Divergent and conserved elements comprise the chemoreceptive repertoire of the non-blood feeding mosquito Toxorhynchites amboinensis Xiaofan Zhou*, David C. Rinker*, R. Jason Pitts, Antonis Rokas and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Genome Biology and Evolution (2014) doi: 10.1093/gbe/evu231
Mutational Analysis of Cysteine Residues of the insect Odorant Co-receptor (Orco) from Drosophila melanogaster Reveals Differential Effects on Agonist- and Odorant/tuning Receptor-Dependent Activation. Rebecca M. Turner, Stephen Derryberry, Brijesh N. Kumar, Thomas Brittain, Laurence J. Zwiebel, Richard D. Newcomb and David L. Christie. Journal of Biological Chemistry (2014) jbc.M114.603993. September 30, 2014, doi:10.1074/jbc.M114.603993.
A Determinant of Odorant Specificity is Located at the Extracellular Loop 2 – Transmembrane Domain 4 Interface of an Anopheles gambiae Odorant Receptor Subunit. David T. Hughes, Guirong Wang, Laurence J. Zwiebel and Charles W. Luetje. Chemical Senses (2014) doi: 10.1093/chemse/bju048.
The Future of Insect Repellent Discovery and Development. (Review) Jonathan D. Bohbot, Daniel Strickman and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Outlooks on Pest Management, August 2014 25(4): 265-270.
Narrow Structure Activity Relationships in Odorant Sensing Orco Receptor Agonists. Ian M. Romaine, Robert W. Taylor, Samsudeen P. Saidu, Gary A. Sulikoski, Laurence J. Zwiebel and Alex G. Waterson, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters (2014) Apr 29. pii: S0960-894X(14)00438-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.04.081. Epub 2014 May10.
Odorant Receptor-Mediated Sperm Activation in Disease Vector Mosquitoes. R. Jason Pitts*, Chao Liu*, Xiaofan Zhou*, Juan C. Malpartida and Laurence J. Zwiebel, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2014) 111 (7) 2566-2571, doi:10.1073/pnas.1322923111, Epub 2014 Feb 3.
2013:
Antennal transcriptome profiles of anopheline mosquitoes reveal human host olfactory specialization in Anopheles gambiae. David Rinker, Xiaofan Zhou, R. Jason Pitts, Antonis Rokas and Laurence J. Zwiebel, BMC Genomics (2013) 14:749. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-14-749. Epub 2013 Nov 1.
Brijesh N. Kumar, Robert W. Taylor, Gregory M. Pask, Laurence J. Zwiebel, Richard D. Newcomb and David L. Christie. PLoS ONE (2013) published 23 Jul 2013. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070218.
Molecular Characterization of Larval Peripheral Thermosensory Responses of the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Chao Liu and Laurence J. Zwiebel. PLoS ONE (2013) published 07 Aug 2013 | doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.00725.
Blood Meal-Induced Changes to Antennal Transcriptome Profiles Reveal Shifts In Odor Sensitivities in Anopheles gambiae. David C Rinker, Ronald Jason Pitts, Xiaofan Zhou, Eunho Suh, Antonis Rokas and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2013) 110 (20): 8260-8265, doi:10.1073/pnas.1302562110 Epub 2013 Apr 29.
Blockade of Insect Odorant Receptor Currents by Amiloride Derivatives Gregory M. Pask; Yuriy V. Bobkov; Elizabeth A. Corey; Barry W. Ache; Laurence J. Zwiebel. Chemical Senses (2013) 38 (3): 221-229; doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjs100
2012:
The Molecular Receptive Range of an Enantio-selective Lactone Receptor in Anopheles gambiae. Gregory M. Pask, Ian M. Romaine and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Chemical Senses (2012) first published online September 2, 2012 doi:10.1093/chemse/bjs074
Phylogenetic and transcriptomic analysis of chemosensory receptors in a pair of divergent ant species reveals caste-specific signatures of odor coding. Xiaofan Zhou*, Jesse D Slone*, Antonis Rokas, Shelley Berger, Jürgen Liebig, Anandaskar Ray, Danny Reinberg, and Laurence J. Zwiebel. PLoS Genetics 8(8): e1002930. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002930
Structure-Activity Relationship of a Broad-Spectrum Insect Odorant Receptor Agonist. Robert W. Taylor*, Ian M. Romaine*, Chao Liu, Poornima Murthi, Patrick L. Jones, Alex G. Waterson, Gary A. Sulikowski and Laurence J. Zwiebel. ACS Chemical Biology, Article ASAP, doi:10.1021/cb300331z
Spatial repellents: from discovery and development to evidence-based validation. Nicole L Achee, Michael J Bangs, Robert Farlow, Gerry F Killeen, SteveLindsay, James G Logan, Sarah J Moore, Mark Rowland, Kevin Sweeney, Steven J Torr, Laurence J. Zwiebel and John P Grieco. Malaria Journal (2012) 11: 164 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-11-164.
Novel high-throughput screens of Anopheles gambiae odourant receptors reveal candidate behaviour-modifying chemicals for mosquitoes. David C. Rinker*, Patrick l. Jones*, R. Jason Pitts, Michael Rützler, J. Gray Camp, Lujuan Sun, Pingxi Xu, Daniel Dorset, David Weaver and Laurence J. Zwiebel Physiological Entomology (2012) 37, 33-41
Allosteric Antagonism of Insect Odorant Receptor Ion Channels. Patrick L. Jones, Gregory M. Pask, Ian M. Romaine, Robert W. Taylor, Paul R. Reid, Alex G. Waterson, Gary A. Sulikowski, Laurence J. Zwiebel. PLoS ONE 7(1): e30304. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030304
2011:
Heteromeric Anopheline Odorant Receptors Exhibit Distinct Channel Properties. Gregory M. Pask, Patrick L. Jones, Michael Rützler, David Rinker and Laurence J. Zwiebel. PLoS ONE, 6(12): e28774. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028774.
Transcriptome profiling of chemosensory appendages in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae reveals tissue- and sex-specific signatures of odor coding. R. Jason Pitts*, David C. Rinker*, Patrick L. Jones*, Antonis Rokas and Laurence J. Zwiebel. BMC Genomics (2011) May 27;12:271. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-271
Functional Agonism of Insect Odorant Receptor Ion Channels. Patrick L. Jones*, Gregory M. Pask*, David Rinker and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2011) May 24, 108 (21): 8821-8825 published ahead of print May 9, 2011, doi:10.1073/pnas.1102425108.
Conservation of Indole Responsive Odorant Receptors in Mosquitoes Reveals an Ancient Olfactory Trait. Bohbot, JD*, Jones, PL*, Wang, G*. Pitts. RJ, Pask, GM and LJ Zwiebel. Chemical Senses (2011) Jan;36(2): 149-60. Epub 2010 Oct 18.
A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Vector Control. The MalERA Consultative Group on Vector Control (13 authors including LJ Zwiebel). PLoS Medicine (2011) 8(1):e1000401 doi:10.1371/ journal pmed.10041.
Functional Characterization of pheromone receptors in the tobacco budworm Heliothis virescens. Wang. G., Vasquez, G., Schal, C., Zwiebel, L.J., and Fred Gould. Insect Molecular Biology (2011) February 20(1): 125-133. Epub 2010 Oct 14.
2010:
Distinct Olfactory Signaling Mechanisms in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Liu, C*. Pitts, R.J*., Bohbot, J., Jones, P.L., Wang, G. and Laurence J. Zwiebel. PLoS Biology (2010) 8(8): e1000467 doi:10.1371/ journal.pbio.1000467.
The Molecular Basis of Odor Coding in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Wang,G., Carey, AF., Carlson, JR. and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2010) March 2; 107(9): 4418-23. published ahead of print Feb. 16, 2010 doi:10.1073/pnas.0913392107.
Odour reception in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Carey, A. Wang, G., Su, CY., Zwiebel, LJ., and Carlson, J.R. Nature (2010) Mar 4, 464 (7285): 66-71. EpubFebruary 3, doi: 10.1038/nature08834.
2009 and before:
Anopheles gambiae TRPA1 is a heat activated channel expressed in theromosenitive sensilla of female antennae. Wang, G., Qiu, YT, Lu, T. Kwon, HW., Pitts, RJ and Zwiebel, LJ. European Journal of Neuroscience (2009) 30: 967-974.
The molecular and cellular basis of olfactory-driven behavior in Anopheles gambiae larvae. Xia Y*, Wang G*, Buscariollo D, Pitts RJ, Wenger H, Zwiebel LJ. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2008); 105(17):6433-8.
A functional role for Anopheles gambiae Arrestin1 in olfactory signal transduction. Walker WB, Smith EM, Jan T, Zwiebel LJ. Journal of Insect Physiology (2008) Apr; 54(4):680-90.
Molecular Characterization of the Aedes aegypti Odorant Receptor Gene Family. J. Bohbot*, R. J. Pitts*, H.W. Kwon, M. Rützler, H. M. Robertson and L. J. Zwiebel. Insect Molecular Biology (2007) Oct.; 16(5): 525-37. Epub 2007 Jul 17.
Odor Coding in the Maxillary Palp of the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae. T. Lu*, G. Wang*, YT. Qiu,* J.Y. Young*, M. Rutzler, H.W. Kwon, R. J. Pitts, J. J.A. van Loon, J. R. Carlson, W. Takken, and L. J. Zwiebel. Current Biology (2007) Sept. 18; 17(18): 1533-1544. Epub 2007 Aug 30.
G(alpha) encoding gene family of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae: Expression analysis and immunolocalization of AG(alphaq) and AG(alphao) in female antennae. Rutzler M, Lu T, Zwiebel LJ. Journal of Comparative Neurology. (2006) 499:533-545.
Olfactory responses in a gustatory organ of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae. HW Kwon, Tan Lu , Michael Rutzler and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2006) 103:13526-13531.
Antennal Sensilla of Two Female Anopheles Sibling Species with Differing Host Ranges. R. J. Pitts and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Malaria Journal (2006) 5:26
Identification and Characterization of an Odorant Receptor from the West Nile Virus Mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus. Yuanfeng Xia and Laurence J. Zwiebel. Insect Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, (2006) 36: 169-176.
Molecular Biology of Insect Olfaction: Recent Progress and Conceptual Models. M. Rützler and L.J. Zwiebel. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology (2005) 11: 1-14.
Odorant-Specific Requirements for Arrestin Function in Drosophila Olfaction. C.E. Merrill, T. Sherertz, W.B. Walker, and L.J. Zwiebel. Journal of Neurobiology (2005) 63(1) 15-28. PMID: 15627264.
Identification of an Chemosensory Receptor from the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti, that is Highly Conserved and Expressed in Olfactory and Gustatory Organs. A.C. do Amoral Melo, M. Ruetzler, R. J. Pitts, and L.J. Zwiebel. Chemical Senses, (2004) 29:403-410.
Olfactory Regulation of Mosquito-Host Interactions. L. J. Zwiebel and W. Takken. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2004) 34/7:645-652.
A Highly Conserved Candidate Chemosensory Receptor Expressed in Both Olfactory and Gustatory Tissues in the Malaria Vector Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. R. J. Pitts, A. N. Fox and L.J. Zwiebel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, (2004) 101:5058-5063.
A Mosquito Odor Receptor for a Component of Human Sweat. E. Hallem, A.N. Fox, L.J. Zwiebel, and J.R. Carlson. Nature, (2004) 427:212-213.
Molecular Characterization of Arrestin Family Members in the Malaria Vector Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. C.E. Merrill, R.J. Pitts, and L.J. Zwiebel. Insect Molecular Biology, (2003) 12 (6), 641-650.
Identification of a Distinct Family of Genes Encoding Atypical Odorant-Binding Proteins in the Malaria Vector Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. P.X. Xu, L.J. Zwiebel, and D. Smith. Insect Molecular Biology, (2003) 12 (6), 549-560.
G-protein Coupled Receptors in the Malaria Anopheles gambiae. C.H. Hill, A.N. Fox, R.J. Pitts, L.H. Hunt, F.C. Collins, H.M. Robertson, and L.J. Zwiebel. Science, (2002) Oct4;298: 176-178.
A Cluster of Candidate Odorant Receptor from the Malaria Vector Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. A.N. Fox, R.J. Pitts, and L.J. Zwiebel. Chemical Senses, (2002) Jun;27 (5): 453-459.
Visual Arrestins in Olfactory Pathways of Drosophila and the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae. C.E. Merrill, R.J. Pitts, F.C. Kafatos, J.R. Carlson, and L.J. Zwiebel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA (2002) 99:1633-1638.
Candidate Odorant Receptors from the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae and Evidence of Downregulation in Response to Blood Feeding. A.N. Fox, R.J. Pitts, H.M. Robertson, J.R. Carlson, and L.J. Zwiebel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, (2001) 98:14693-14697.
Isolation and Functional Characterization of the Xanthine Dehydrogenase gene of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. R.J. Pitts and L.J. Zwiebel, Genetics (2001) Aug; 158:1645-1655.
Genomic Organization and Characterization of the white locus from the Mediterranean fruitfly Ceratitis capitata. L.M. Gomulski, R.J. Pitts, S. Costa, G. Saccone, C. Torti, A. Malacrida, F.C. Kafatos and L.J. Zwiebel, Genetics (2001) Mar;157(3):1245-55.
