Surface movement in water of splendipherin, the aquatic male sex pheromone of the tree frog Litoria splendida

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3362-3374

  Perriman, Adam W ^b   Apponyi, Margit A ^a   Buntine, Mark A ^a   Jackway, Rebecca J ^a   Rutland, Mark W ^c   White, John W ^b   Bowie, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2D NMR; Sex pheromone; Splendipherin; Surface pressure gradient; X ray reflectometry

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE; SPLENDIPHERIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REFLECTOMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

HYLIDAE; LITORIA SPLENDIDA;

EID: 44949214774     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06483.x     Document Type: Article

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