Termination of Sex Pheromone Production in Mated Females of the Silkworm Moth

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-218

  Ando, Tetsu ^a   Kasuga, Kie ^a   Yajima, Yohko ^a   Kataoka, Hiroshi ^b   Suzuki, Akinori ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombykol; Bombyx mori; Mating; Neural control; Pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN); Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000191424     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)31:2<207::AID-ARCH8>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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