Effects of Decapitation and PBAN Injection on Amounts of Triacylglycerols in the Sex Pheromone Gland of Manduca sexta (L.)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 249-260

  Fang, Nianbai ^a   Teal, Peter E A ^a   Tumlinson, James H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Manduca sexta; PBAN; Sex pheromone biosynthesis; Triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000244790     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)32:2<249::AID-ARCH8>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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