Two regulatory mechanisms of monoterpenoid pheromone production in Ips spp. of bark beetles

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 689-697

  Bearfield, Jeremy C ^a   Henry, Anastasia G ^c   Tittiger, Claus ^a   Blomquist, Gary J ^a   Ginzel, Matthew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ips confusus; Ips pini; Juvenile hormone; Mevalonate pathway; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COLONIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; JUVENILE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONE;

COLEOPTERA; IPS; IPS CONFUSUS; IPS PINI; PINUS EDULIS; SCOLYTINAE;

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; JUVENILE HORMONE III; PHEROMONE; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; EATING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EATING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA SYNTHASE; MALE; MONOTERPENES; PHEROMONES; SESQUITERPENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349250248     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9652-2     Document Type: Article

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