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...
Main Authors: | Pingxi Xu, Stephen F Garczynski, Elizabeth Atungulu, Zainulabeuddin Syed, Young-Moo Choo, Diogo M Vidal, Caio H L Zitelli, Walter S Leal |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3401280?pdf=render |
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