• sxtA4+ and sxtA4- Genotypes Occur Together within Natural Pyrodinium bahamense Sub-Populations from the Western Atlantic 

  Cusick, Kathleen; Duran, Gabriel (MDPI, 2021-05-23)

  Saxitoxin (STX) is a secondary metabolite and potent neurotoxin produced by several genera of harmful algal bloom (HAB) marine dinoflagellates. The basis for variability in STX production within natural bloom populations ...

• Repeat variation resolves a complete aggregate silk sequence of bolas spider Mastophora phrynosoma 

  Stellwagen, Sarah D.; Burns, Mercedes (Oxford University Press, 2021-05-04)

  Many species of spider use a modified silk adhesive, called aggregate glue, to aid in prey capture. Aggregate spidroins (spider fibroins) are modified members of the spider silk family, however they are not spun into fibers ...

• A Novel Model for the RNase MRP-Induced Switch Between Different Forms of 5.8S rRNA 

  Li, Xiao; Zengel, Janice M.; Lindahl, Lasse (2021-04-29)

  Processing of the RNA polymerase I pre-rRNA transcript into the mature 18S, 5.8S, and 25S rRNAs requires removing the “spacer” sequences. The canonical pathway for the removal of the ITS1 spacer, located between 18S and ...

• Strange eyes, stranger brains: exceptional diversity of optic lobe organization in midwater crustaceans 

  Lin, Chan; Hoving, Henk-Jan T.; Cronin, Thomas; Osborn, Karen J. (The Royal Society, 2021-04-07)

  Nervous systems across Animalia not only share a common blueprint at the biophysical and molecular level, but even between diverse groups of animals the structure and neuronal organization of several brain regions are ...

• Sequence and Properties of Cagein, a Coiled‐Coil Scaffold Protein Linking Basal Bodies in the Polykinetids of the Ciliate Euplotesaediculatus 

  Kloetzel, John A.; Aubusson‐Fleury, Anne; Butler, Maurice D.; Banerjee, Deben; Mozzicafreddo, Matteo (Wiley, 2021-03-19)

  In the hypotrich ciliate Euplotes, many individual basal bodies are grouped together in tightly packed clusters, forming ventral polykinetids. These groups of basal bodies (which produce compound ciliary organelles such ...

• What makes something smell good or bad? 

  Kenney, Rakaia; Lemons, Kayla; Lin, Weihong (The Conversation, 2020-06-01)

• E-cig flavors may be more than alluring; they could cause damage themselves 

  Lin, Weihong; Kenney, Rakaia (The Conversation, 2020-01-29)

• Acetylcholine and Acetylcholine Receptors in Taste Receptor Cells 

  Ogura, Tatsuya; Lin, Weihong (Oxford University Press, 2005-01-01)

• Downstream Signaling Effectors for Umami Taste 

  Kinnamon, Sue C.; Lin, Weihong; Ogura, Tatsuya; Ruiz, Collin; Delay, Eugene (Oxford University Press, 2005-01-01)

• Sequence and Properties of Cagein, a Coiled‐Coil Scaffold Protein Linking Basal Bodies in the Polykinetids of the Ciliate Euplotes aediculatus 

  Kloetzel, John A.; Aubusson‐Fleury, Anne; Butler, Maurice D.; Banerjee, Deben; Mozzicafreddo, Matteo (Wiley Online Library, 2021-03-19)

  In the hypotrich ciliate Euplotes, many individual basal bodies are grouped together in tightly packed clusters, forming ventral polykinetids. These groups of basal bodies (which produce compound ciliary organelles such ...

• UMBC student research offers hope for critically endangered Bahama Oriole 

  Hansen, Sarah (UMBC News, 2021-03-04)

• Development of Membrane Properties in Taste Cells of Fungiform Papillae: Functional Evidence for Early Presence of Amiloride-Sensitive Sodium Channels 

  Kossel, A. H.; McPheeters, M.; Lin, Weihong; Kinnamon, S. C. (Society for Neuroscience, 1997-12-15)

  Behavioral and physiological studies have demonstrated a reduced sensitivity to several taste stimuli early in development. It has been suggested that this reduced sensitivity results from a late maturation of underlying ...

• Physiological Evidence for Ionotropic and Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in Rat Taste Cells 

  Lin, Weihong; Kinnamon, Sue C. (American Physiological Society (APS), 1999-11-01)

  Monosodium glutamate (MSG) elicits a unique taste in humans called umami. Recent molecular studies suggest that glutamate receptors similar to those in brain are present in taste cells, but their precise role in taste ...

• Taste Receptor Cells Express pH-Sensitive Leak K+ Channels 

  Lin, Weihong; Burks, C. A.; Hansen, D. R.; Kinnamon, S. C.; Gilbertson, T. A. (American Physiological Society (APS), 2004-11-01)

  Two-pore domain K+ channels encoded by genes KCNK1-17 (K2p1-17) play important roles in regulating cell excitability. We report here that rat taste receptor cells (TRCs) highly express TASK-2 (KCNK5; K2p5.1), and to a much ...

• Odors Detected by Mice Deficient in Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel Subunit A2 Stimulate the Main Olfactory System 

  Lin, Weihong; Arellano, Julie; Slotnick, Burton; Restrepo, Diego (Society for Neuroscience, 2004-04-07)

  It is believed that odor transduction in the mammalian main olfactory system only involves the cAMP-signaling pathway. Here, we report on odor responsiveness in mice with a disrupted cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channel ...

• Olfactory neurons expressing transient receptor potential channel M5 (TRPM5) are involved in sensing semiochemicals 

  Lin, Weihong; Margolskee, Robert; Donnert, Gerald; Hell, Stefan W.; Restrepo, Diego (PNAS, 2007-02-13)

  Olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) in the main olfactory epithelium respond to environmental odorants. Recent studies reveal that these OSNs also respond to semiochemicals such as pheromones and that main olfactory input ...

• TRPM5-expressing microvillous cells in the main olfactory epithelium 

  Lin, Weihong; Ezekwe, Ejiofor AD Jr; Zhao, Zhen; Liman, Emily R; Restrepo, Diego (BMC, 2008-11-24)

  Background The main olfactory epithelium (MOE) in the nasal cavity detects a variety of air borne molecules that provide information regarding the presence of food, predators and other relevant social and environmental ...

• Accessory olfactory bulb function is modulated by input from the main olfactory epithelium 

  Slotnick, Burton; Restrepo, Diego; Schellinck, Heather; Archbold, Georgina; Price, Stephen; Lin, Weihong (Wiley, 2010-03-16)

  Although it is now established that sensory neurons in both the main olfactory epithelium and the vomeronasal organ may be activated by both general and pheromonal odorants, it remains unclear what initiates sampling by ...

• Diverse populations of intrinsic cholinergic interneurons in the mouse olfactory bulb 

  Krosnowski, Kurt; Ashby, Sarah; Sathyanesan, Aaron; Luo, Wangmei; Ogura, Tatsuya; Lin, Weihong (Elsevier, 2012-06-28)

  Cholinergic activities affect olfactory bulb (OB) information processing and associated learning and memory. However, the presence of intrinsic cholinergic interneurons in the OB remains controversial. As a result, ...

• Expression profile of G-protein βγ subunit gene transcripts in the mouse olfactory sensory epithelia 

  Sathyanesan, Aaron; Feijoo, Adrian A.; Mehta, Saloni T.; Nimarko, Akua F.; Lin, Weihong (Frontiers Media, 2013-06-04)

  Heterotrimeric G-proteins mediate a variety of cellular functions, including signal transduction in sensory neurons of the olfactory system. Whereas the Gα subunits in these neurons are well characterized, the gene transcript ...

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