Biosynthesis of unusual moth pheromone components involves two different pathways in the navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 535-547

  Wang, Hong Lei ^a,b   Zhao, Cheng Hua ^b   Millar, Jocelyn G ^c   Cardé, Ring T ^c   Löfstedt, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

(11Z,13Z) 11,13 hexadecadienal; (3Z, 6Z, 9Z, 12Z, 15Z) 3,6,9,12,15 tricosapentaene; (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z) 5,8,11,14,17 icosapentaenoic acid; Amyelois transitella; Bifunctional 11 desaturase; Biosynthesis; Linolenic acid; PBAN; Pyralidae; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

(3Z,6Z,9Z, 12Z, 15Z) PENTACOSAPENTAENE; (3Z,6Z,9Z, 12Z, 15Z)-PENTACOSAPENTAENE; 11 HEXADECENAL; 11-HEXADECENAL; ALDEHYDE; DEUTERIUM; NEUROPEPTIDE; PHEROMONE BIOSYNTHESIS ACTIVATING NEUROPEPTIDE II; PHEROMONE BIOSYNTHESIS-ACTIVATING NEUROPEPTIDE II; SEX PHEROMONE;

ALKENE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIPID; MOTH; PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; DEUTERIUM; FEMALE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOTHS; NEUROPEPTIDES; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

AMYELOIS TRANSITELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 77952323248     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9777-3     Document Type: Article

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