Rate of isoleucine metabolism in lepidopteran corpora allata: Regulation of the proportion of juvenile hormone homologues released

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-201

  Cusson, M ^a   Page, A L E ^a   Mcneil, J N ^b   Tobe, S S ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acid transaminase; Corpora allata; Homologues; Ion exclusion HPLC; Isoleucine; Juvenile hormone; Juvenile hormone acid; Lepidoptera; Manduca allatostatin; Precursor supply; Propionate; Pseudaletia unipuncta

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030065346     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(95)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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