Isolation, endocrine regulation and mRNA distribution of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase (HMG-S) gene from the pine engraver, Ips pini (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-195

  Bearfield, J C ^a   Keeling, C I ^b   Young, S ^a   Blomquist, G J ^a   Tittiger, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Juvenile hormone; Mevalonate pathway; Pheromone biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

HMG-COA SYNTHASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; JUVENILE HORMONE III; MESSENGER RNA; PHEROMONE; SESQUITERPENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA SYNTHASE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SESQUITERPENES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS JEFFREYI; INSECTA; IPS PINI; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 33645456886     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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