Semi-selective fatty acyl reductases from four heliothine moths influence the specific pheromone composition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hagström, Åsa K ^a   Liénard, Marjorie A ^a   Groot, Astrid T ^b,c   Hedenström, Erik ^d   Löfstedt, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 HEXADECENAL; 9 HEXADECENAL; 9 TETRADECANAL; ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL; PHEROMONE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ASSULTA; HELIOTHIS SUBFLEXA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ASSULTA; HELIOTHIS SUBFLEXA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; LEPIDOPTERA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

EID: 84861204498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037230     Document Type: Article

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