Key biosynthetic gene subfamily recruited for pheromone production prior to the extensive radiation of Lepidoptera

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Liénard, Marjorie A ^a   Strandh, Maria ^a   Hedenström, Erik ^b   Johansson, Tomas ^a   Löfstedt, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Natural Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

9 TETRADECENOIC ACID; 9,11 TETRADECADIENOIC ACID; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEXADECENOIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHEROMONE; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINEAGE; DNA ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FLY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LAMPRONIA CAPITELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; MATING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOTH; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEREOSPECIFICITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; YEAST;

DIPTERA; DITRYSIA; HEXAPODA; LAMPRONIA CAPITELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; RIBES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LEPIDOPTERA; LIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX ATTRACTANTS; YEASTS;

EID: 56349161104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-270     Document Type: Article

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