Transcriptome analysis of the sex pheromone gland of the noctuid moth <it>Heliothis virescens</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The chemical components of sex pheromones have been determined for more than a thousand moth species, but so far only a handful of genes encoding enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of these compounds have been identified. For u...

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Main Authors: Heckel David G, Heidel Andrew J, Vogel Heiko, Groot Astrid T
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/29