Insect pigmentation: Activities of β-alanyldopamine synthase in wing color patterns of wild-type and melanic mutant swallowtail butterfly Papilio glaucus

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2000, Pages 54-58

  Koch, Paul Bernhardt ^a   Behnecke, Bettina ^a   Weigmann Lenz, Marga ^a   Ffrench Constant, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melanin; Mimicry; Papiliochrome

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; N(BETA) ALANYLDOPAMINE; N(BETA)-ALANYLDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; FORELIMB; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COLOR; DOPAMINE; MELANINS; MUTAGENESIS; PIGMENTATION; WING;

EID: 0034565407     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0893-5785.2000.130811.x     Document Type: Article

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