Juvenile hormone biosynthesis in M. sexta: Substrate specificity of insect prenyltransferase utilizing homologous diphosphate analogs

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 827-834

  Sen, Stephanie E ^a   Hitchcock, Jeffrey R ^a   Jordan, Jessica L ^a   Richard, Thenesha ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homolog; Isoprenoid coupling; Juvenile hormone biosynthesis; Prenyltransferase

Indexed keywords

3,3 DIMETHYLALLYL PYROPHOSPHATE; 3,3-DIMETHYLALLYL PYROPHOSPHATE; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; DITERPENE; GERANYL DIPHOSPHATE; HEMITERPENE; JUVENILE HORMONE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PYROPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; DIPHOSPHATES; DITERPENES; FEMALE; HEMITERPENES; JUVENILE HORMONES; MANDUCA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MANDUCA SEXTA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33749615309     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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