Evidence for two-step regulation of pheromone biosynthesis by the pheromone biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide in the moth Heliothis virescens

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 120-130

  Eltahlawy, H ^a   Buckner, J S ^a   Foster, S P ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acid synthesis, fatty acid reduction, acyl CoA thioesters; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; PBAN

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; CARBON; FATTY ACID; HEPTADECANOIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE BIOSYNTHESIS ACTIVATING NEUROPEPTIDE, HELICOVERPA ZEA; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MOTH;

ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; MOTHS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PALMITATES; PHEROMONES; STEARATES;

HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 33947502536     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20164     Document Type: Article

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