Proteomic Analyses of Courtship Pheromones in the Redback Salamander, Plethodon cinereus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 928-939

  Wilburn, Damien B ^a,b   Bowen, Kathleen E ^a   Feldhoff, Pamela W ^a   Feldhoff, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Pheromone; Plethodontid modulating factor (PMF); Plethodontid receptivity factor (PRF); Proteomics; Salamander; Sodefrin precursor like factor (SPF)

Indexed keywords

PLETHODON; PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

AMPHIBIAN PROTEIN; PROTEOME; SEX PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANURA; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED STATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANURA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX ATTRACTANTS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84919950593     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-014-0489-y     Document Type: Article

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