Evidence for differential biosynthesis of juvenile hormone (and related) sesquiterpenoids in Drosophila melanogaster

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-61

  Bendena, William G ^a   Zhang, Jinrui ^b   Burtenshaw, Sally M ^a   Tobe, Stephen S ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bisepoxy juvenile hormone; Diptera; FPPase inhibitors; JH acid methyltransferase; Juvenile hormone; Methyl farnesoate

Indexed keywords

BISEPOXIDE; FARNESOIC ACID; FARNESOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; FARNESOL; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; JUVENILE HORMONE; JUVENILE HORMONE ACID METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYL 6,7;10,11 BISEPOXYFARNESOATE; METHYL 6,7;10,11 TRIMETHYL 2 DODECANOATE; N ACETYL GERANYL CYSTEINE; PROTEIN FARNESYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; S FARNESYL THIOACETIC ACID; SESQUITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS ALLATUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; PUPATION; RADIOASSAY;

EID: 79955738978     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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