Pheromone biosynthetic pathways in the moths Heliothis subflexa and Heliothis virescens

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 53-58

  Choi, Man Yeon ^a   Groot, Astrid ^b   Jurenka, Russell A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Desaturases; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; P8AN; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DEUTERIUM; HEXADECENOIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; QUINAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; SEX PHEROMONE; TETRODONIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOTH;

ANIMALS; DEUTERIUM; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; PALMITIC ACIDS; QUINAZOLINES; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

HELIOTHIS SUBFLEXA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 21244498676     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20051     Document Type: Article

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