Sex pheromone receptor specificity in the european corn borer moth, Ostrinia nubilalis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wanner, Kevin W ^a   Nichols, Andrew S ^b   Allen, Jean E ^a   Bunger, Peggy L ^a   Garczynski, Stephen F ^c   Linn Jr , Charles E ^d   Robertson, Hugh M ^e   Luetje, Charles W ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; PYROPHOSPHATE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; EUROPEAN CORN BORER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTH; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA FURNACALIS; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 77952492390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008685     Document Type: Article

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