Global transcriptional analysis of pheromone biosynthesis-related genes in the female turnip moth, Agrotis segetum (Noctuidae) using a custom-made cDNA microarray

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 484-489

  Strandh, Maria ^a   Johansson, Tomas ^a   Löfstedt, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acyl CoA 11 desaturase; Chemosensory protein; Gene expression; Juvenile hormone binding protein; Lepidoptera; Pheromone binding protein; Pheromone production; qPCR; Regulation

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHEROMONES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AGROTIS SEGETUM; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 67349166101     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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