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Contents<br />
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Contents<br />
Abstract……………………………………………………………………...…...…...i<br />
Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………….……iii<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Figures……………………………………………………………………..…ix<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Tables…………………………………………………………………...……xi<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Abbreviations…………………………………………………………...…..xii<br />
1 General Introduction ........................................................................................... 1<br />
1.1 General overview ............................................................................................ 1<br />
1.2 <strong>Olfaction</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>sects .......................................................................................... 2<br />
1.3 <strong>Olfaction</strong> <strong>in</strong> moths ........................................................................................... 2<br />
1.3.1 Sex pheromones ....................................................................................... 2<br />
1.3.2 Other odorants detected by moths............................................................ 3<br />
1.4 The olfactory system ....................................................................................... 4<br />
1.5 Components <strong>of</strong> the olfactory system ............................................................... 7<br />
1.5.1 Prote<strong>in</strong>s found <strong>in</strong> the sensillum lymph..................................................... 7<br />
1.5.2 Membrane prote<strong>in</strong>s ................................................................................ 12<br />
1.5.2.1 Odorant receptor identification <strong>in</strong> moths ........................................... 13<br />
1.5.2.2 Insect odorant receptor activation ...................................................... 18<br />
1.6 Insect pest control strategies ......................................................................... 21<br />
1.7 Light brown apple moth ................................................................................ 24<br />
1.8 Aims .............................................................................................................. 32<br />
2 Functional Characterisation <strong>of</strong> Epiphyas postvittana Odorant Receptor 1 .. 34<br />
2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 34<br />
2.1.1 Aims ....................................................................................................... 39<br />
2.2 Materials and methods .................................................................................. 39<br />
2.2.1 Materials ................................................................................................ 39<br />
2.2.2 Insect cell culture ................................................................................... 40<br />
2.2.3 Transfection <strong>of</strong> cells ............................................................................... 40<br />
2.2.4 Detection <strong>of</strong> mRNA encod<strong>in</strong>g pIB-EpOR1 by RT-PCR ....................... 41<br />
2.2.5 Membrane Fraction Isolation and Western Blot .................................... 41<br />
2.2.6 EpOR1 functional assay ......................................................................... 43<br />
2.2.7 Data analysis .......................................................................................... 44