Perturbation of the wing color pattern of a swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus, induced by acid carboxypeptidase

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-331

  Umebachi, Yoshishige ^a,b   Osanai, Minoru ^a,c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sakuradai 3 35 13 407 Nerima ku ^*  (Japan)

^c Sakuradai 3 35 13 407 Nerima ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid carboxypeptidase; Melanin; Papilio xuthus; Papiliochrome; Wing color pattern perturbation

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DOPAMINE; LEVODOPA; PIGMENT; SERINE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; COLOR; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; LEVODOPA; MALE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PUPA; WING;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS SAITOI; INSECTA; PAPILIO XUTHUS; PAPILIONIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0038122924     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.325     Document Type: Article

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