Identification of a neuropeptide hormone that regulates sex pheromone production in female moths

A pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) hormone that controls sex pheromone production in female moths was identified from the brain-subesophageal ganglion complexes of the adult corn earworm, Heliothis zea. PBAN has 33 amino acid residues and a molecular weight of 3900. Its amino ac...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1989-05, Vol.244 (4906), p.796-798
Hauptverfasser: Raina, A.K. (USDA, ARS, Insect Chemical Ecology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD.), Jaffe, H, Kempe, T.G, Keim, P, Blacher, R.W, Fales, H.M, Riley, C.T, Klun, J.A, Ridgway, R.L, Hayes, D.K
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