To be or not to be convergent in salicin-based defence in chrysomeline leaf beetle larvae: Evidence from Phratora vitellinae salicyl alcohol oxidase

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1722, 2011, Pages 3225-3232

  Kirsch, Roy ^a   Vogel, Heiko ^a   Muck, Alexander ^a,d   Vilcinskas, Andreas ^b   Pasteels, Jacques M ^c   Boland, Wilhelm ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d Waters Corp   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical defence; Chrysomelidae; Phratora vitellinae; Salicyl alcohol oxidase

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST PLANT; LARVA; SALICYLATE; SECRETION;

CHRYSOMELA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; PHRATORA; PHRATORA VITELLINAE;

EID: 80053201302     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0175     Document Type: Article

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