Novel and highly specific transport of a volatile sex pheromone by hemolymph lipophorin in moths

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 339-342

  Schal, Coby ^a   Sevala, Veeresh ^a   Cardé, Ring T ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; LIPOPHORIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE GLAND; HEMOLYMPH; HORMONE TRANSPORT; MOTH; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031876523     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050511     Document Type: Article

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