Gene-silencing reveals the functional significance of pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide receptor (PBAN-R) in a male moth

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 39, 2010, Pages 16858-16862

  Bober, Rachel ^a,b   Rafaeli, Ada ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aedaegus; Hair pencils; Helicoverpa armigera; Male produced components

Indexed keywords

HEXADECANOL; MYRISTIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; OCTADECANOL; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE BIOSYNTHESIS ACTIVATING NEUROPEPTIDE; PHEROMONE BIOSYNTHESIS ACTIVATING NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; STEARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FATTY ACID; FATTY ALCOHOL; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE SILENCING; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOTHS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE;

EID: 78049285753     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1008812107     Document Type: Article

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