An epoxide hydrolase involved in the biosynthesis of an insect sex attractant and its use to localize the production site

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 8914-8919

  Abdel Latief, Mohatmed ^a   Garbe, Leif A ^b   Koch, Markus ^a   Ruther, Joachim ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nasonia vitripennis; Pheromone biosynthesis; Pheromone gland

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; FATTY ACID; SEX PHEROMONE; DECAN 4 OLIDE; DECAN-4-OLIDE; INSECT ATTRACTANTS; LACTONE; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; WASP; ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

HEXAPODA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; VESPOIDEA;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EPOXIDE HYDROLASES; FEMALE; LACTONES; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHEROMONES; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; WASPS;

EID: 48249126237     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801559105     Document Type: Article

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