An abundant acyl-CoA (Δ9) desaturase transcript in pheromone glands of the cabbage moth, Mamestra brassicae, encodes a catalytically inactive protein

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 581-595

  Park, Hee Yun ^a   Kim, Myung Sook ^a   Paek, Aron ^a   Jeong, Seong Eun ^a   Knipple, Douglas C ^b  

^a Hannam University   (South Korea)

^b New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl CoA desaturase; Functional expression; Hadeninae; Lepidoptera; Mamestra brassicae; Missense mutation; Noctuidae; Pheromone gland

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHEROMONES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HADENINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; NOCTUIDAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 41549166002     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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