Cover art credit: Sarah Perry
2024
Maekawa E & Dahanukar A. Sensory regulation of meal sorting in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Sci Reports 14(1), 31839. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83172-2
Brown EB, Lloyd E, Riley R, Panahidizjikan Z, Martin-Peña, McFarlane A, Dahanukar A & Keene AC. Aging is associated with a modality-specific decline in taste. iScience 27(10), 110919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110919
Lomelí AM & Dahanukar A. Taste Sensory Responses in Mosquitoes. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2023(9):pdb.top107680. https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.top107680
Lomelí AM & Dahanukar A. Single-Sensillum Taste Recordings in Mosquitoes. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2023(9):pdb.prot108195. https://doi.org/pdb.prot108195
2023
Dey M, Brown E, Charlu S, Keene A & Dahanukar A. Evolution of fatty acid taste in drosopilids. Cell Reports 42(10), 113297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113297
In the news: https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2023/10/31/how-did-fly-species-gain-sole-access-fruit-seychelles
Benton R & Dahanukar A. Chemosensory coding in Drosophila single sensilla. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2023(4):pdb.top107803. https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.top107803
Benton R & Dahanukar A. Recording from fly olfactory sensilla. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2023(4):pdb.prot108063. https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.prot108063
Dahanukar A & Benton R. Recording from fly taste sensilla. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2023(4):pdb.prot108064. https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.prot108064
Clark JT, Ganguly A, Ejercito J, Luy M, Dahanukar A & Ray A. Chemosensory detection of aversive concentrations of ammonia and basic volatile amines in insects. iScience 26(1), 105777. https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.isci.2022.105777
Dey M, Ganguly A & Dahanukar A. An inhibitory mechanism for suppressing high salt intake in Drosophila. Chemical Senses 48, bjad014. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjad014
In the news: https://insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2023/07/06/study-examines-salt-taste-flies
2022
Lomelí AM & Dahanukar A. Host-plant feeding in mosquitoes. In "Sensory ecology of disease vectors". Eds: Ignell R, Lazzari CR, Lorenzo MG & Hill SR. Wageningen Academic Publishers (The Netherlands). pp. 449-468.
Meiselman MR, Ganguly A, Dahanukar A & Adams ME. Endocrine modulation of primary chemosensory neurons regulates Drosophila courtship behavior. PLoS Genetics 18(8), e1010357. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010357
2021
Ganguly A, Dey M, Scott C, Duong VK & Dahanukar A. Dietary macronutrient imbalances lead to compensatory changes in peripheral taste via independent signaling pathways. Journal of Neuroscience 41(50), 10222-10246. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2154-20.2021
In the news: https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/12/15/how-diet-influences-taste-sensitivity-and-preference
Chen YCD, Menon V, Joseph RM & Dahanukar A. Control of sugar and amino acid feeding via pharyngeal taste neurons. Journal of Neuroscience 41(27), 5791-5808. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1794-20.2021
In the news: https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/07/26/fruit-fly-offers-lessons-good-taste
Brown EB, Shah KD, Palermo J, Dey M, Dahanukar A & Keene AC. Ir56d-dependent fatty acid responses in Drosophila uncover taste discrimination between different classes of fatty acids. Elife 10, e67878. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.67878
2020
Kumar A, Tauxe GM, Perry S, Scott CA, Dahanukar A & Ray A. Contributions of the conserved insect carbon dioxide receptor subunits to odor detection. Cell Reports 31(2), 107510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.03.074
2019
Chen YCD & Dahanukar A. Recent advances in the genetic basis of taste detection in Drosophila. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 77(6), 1087-1101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-019-03320-0
Chen YCD, Park SJ, Joseph RM, Ja WW & Dahanukar A. Combinatorial pharyngeal taste coding for feeding avoidance in adult Drosophila. Cell reports 29(4), 961-973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.09.036
In the news: https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2019/10/22/scientists-unpack-how-taste-neurons-control-food-intake
Chen YCD, Ahmad S, Amin K & Dahanukar A. A subset of brain neurons controls regurgitation in adult Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology 222(19), jeb210724. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.210724
2018
Chen YCD, Park S J, Ja WW & Dahanukar A. Using Pox-neuro (Poxn) mutants in Drosophila gustation research: a double-edged sword. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 382. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2018.00382
2017
Chen YCD & Dahanukar A. Molecular and cellular organization of taste neurons in adult Drosophila pharynx. Cell Reports 21(10), 2978-2991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.11.041
In the news: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/559093
Ganguly A, Pang L, Duong VK, Lee A, Schoniger H, Varady E & Dahanukar A. A molecular and cellular context-dependent role for Ir76b in detection of amino acid taste. Cell Reports 18(3), 737-750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2016.12.071
In the news: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/512783
2016
Boyle SM, Guda T, Pham CK, Tharadra SK, Dahanukar A & Ray A. Natural DEET substitutes that are strong olfactory repellents of mosquitoes and flies. BioRxiv 060178. https://doi.org/10.1101/060178
2015
LeDue EE, Chen YCD, Jung AY, Dahanukar A & Gordon MD. Pharyngeal sense organs drive robust sugar consumption in Drosophila. Nature Communications 6(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7667
Kain P & Dahanukar A. Secondary taste neurons that convey sweet taste and starvation in the Drosophila brain. Neuron 85(4), 819-832. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2015.01.005
Freeman EG & Dahanukar A. Molecular neurobiology of Drosophila taste. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 34, 140-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2015.06.001
2014
Liu YC, Pearce MW, Honda T, Johnson TK, Charlu S, Sharma KR, Imad M, Burke RE, Zinsmaier KE, Ray A, Dahanukar A, de Bruyne M & Warr CG. The Drosophila melanogaster phospholipid flippase dATP8B is required for odorant receptor function. PLoS Genetics 10(3), e1004209. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004209
Kwon JY, Dahanukar A, Weiss LA & Carlson JR. (2014). A map of taste neuron projections in the Drosophila CNS. Journal of Biosciences 39(4), 565-574. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-014-9448-6
Ling F, Dahanukar A, Weiss LA, Kwon JY & Carlson JR. The molecular and cellular basis of taste coding in the legs of Drosophila. Journal of Neuroscience 34(21), 7148-7164. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0649-14.2014
Freeman EG, Wisotsky Z & Dahanukar A. Detection of sweet tastants by a conserved group of insect gustatory receptors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(4), 1598-1603. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1311724111
In the news: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/539530
2013
Charlu S, Wisotsky Z, Medina A & Dahanukar A. Acid sensing by sweet and bitter taste neurons in Drosophila melanogaster. Nature Communications 4(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3042
2011
Dahanukar A & Ray A. Courtship, aggression and avoidance: pheromones, receptors and neurons for social behaviors in Drosophila. Fly 5(1), 58-63. https://doi.org/10.4161/fly.5.1.13794
Kwon JY, Dahanukar A, Weiss LA & Carlson JR. Molecular and cellular organization of the taste system in the Drosophila larva. Journal of Neuroscience 31(43), 15300-15309. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3363-11.2011
Wisotsky Z, Medina A, Freeman E & Dahanukar A. Evolutionary differences in food preference rely on Gr64e, a receptor for glycerol. Nature Neuroscience 14(12), 1534-1541. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2944
In the news: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/603225
Weiss LA, Dahanukar A, Kwon JY, Banerjee D & Carlson JR. The molecular and cellular basis of bitter taste in Drosophila. Neuron 69(2), 258-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2011.01.001
Before 2011
Kwon JY, Dahanukar A, Weiss LA, & Carlson JR. (2007). The molecular basis of CO2 reception in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(9), 3574-3578. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0700079104
Dahanukar A, Lei YT, Kwon JY & Carlson JR. (2007). Two Gr genes underlie sugar reception in Drosophila. Neuron 56(3), 503-516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2007.10.024
Hallem EA, Dahanukar A & Carlson JR. (2006). Insect odor and taste receptors. Annual Reviews in Entomology 51, 113-135. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ento.51.051705.113646
Dahanukar A, Hallem EA & Carlson JR. (2005). Insect chemoreception. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 15(4), 423-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2005.06.001
Chyb S, Dahanukar A, Wickens A & Carlson JR. (2003). Drosophila Gr5a encodes a taste receptor tuned to trehalose. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100(suppl 2), 14526-14530. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2135339100
Dahanukar A, Foster K, Van Der Goes Van Naters W & Carlson JR. (2001). A Gr receptor is required for response to the sugar trehalose in taste neurons of Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience 4(12), 1182-1186. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn765
Dahanukar A, Walker JA & Wharton RP. (1999). Smaug, a novel RNA-binding protein that operates a translational switch in Drosophila. Molecular Cell 4(2), 209-218.
Dahanukar A & Wharton RP. (1996). The Nanos gradient in Drosophila embryos is generated by translational regulation. Genes & Development 10(20), 2610-2621.
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