Molecular cloning of newt sex pheromone precursor cDNAs: Evidence for the existence of species-specific forms of pheromones

FEBS Letters

Volumn 457, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 400-404

  Iwata, T ^a   Umezawa, K ^a   Toyoda, F ^b   Takahashi, N ^a   Matsukawa, H ^a   Yamamoto, K ^a   Miura, S ^c   Hayashi, H ^d   Kikuyama, S ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GUNMA PREFECTURAL COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Female newt attracting pheromone; Pheromone precursor protein; Sodefrin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SEX PHEROMONE; SODEFRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032832802     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(99)01062-5     Document Type: Article

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