Moth sex pheromone receptors and deceitful parapheromones.

The insect's olfactory system is so selective that male moths, for example, can discriminate female-produced sex pheromones from compounds with minimal structural modifications. Yet, there is an exception for this "lock-and-key" tight selectivity. Formate analogs can be used as replac...

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Main Authors: Pingxi Xu, Stephen F Garczynski, Elizabeth Atungulu, Zainulabeuddin Syed, Young-Moo Choo, Diogo M Vidal, Caio H L Zitelli, 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/PMC3401280?pdf=render