Chemical communication: A visit with insects

Current Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-96

  Ring, Joshua R ^a   Prusti, Rabi K ^a   Mohanty, Smita ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect; Moth; Olfaction; Pheromone; Pheromone binding proteins

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE BINDING PROTEIN; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANTENNA; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE STRUCTURE; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILKWORM; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 41749097222     PISSN: 18723136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187231308783334153     Document Type: Review

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