Specificity determinants of the silkworm moth sex pheromone.

Specificity determinants of the silkworm moth sex pheromone.

The insect olfactory system, particularly the peripheral sensory system for sex pheromone reception in male moths, is highly selective, but specificity determinants at the receptor level are hitherto unknown. Using the Xenopus oocyte recording system, we conducted a thorough structure-activity relat...

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Main Authors: Pingxi Xu, Antony M Hooper, John A Pickett, Walter S Leal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3434217?pdf=render

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