Biosynthesis of ethyl oleate, a primer pheromone, in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 404-416

  Castillo, Carlos ^a   Chen, Hao ^a   Graves, Carolyn ^a,c   Maisonnasse, Alban ^b,d   Le Conte, Yves ^b   Plettner, Erika ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^c Maison des Agriculteurs 22   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hydrolase; Age polyethism; Apis mellifera; Ethyl oleate; Primer pheromone

Indexed keywords

2 NAPHTHYL OLEATE; 2-NAPHTHYL OLEATE; ALCOHOL; FATTY ACID; INSECT PROTEIN; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; OLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; GENOME, INSECT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAPHTHALENES; OLEIC ACIDS; PHEROMONES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 84862798714     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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