Publication Date:
1987-08-28
Description:
Chemical evidence is needed in both insect endocrinology and sensory physiology to understand hormone and pheromone action at the molecular level. Radiolabeled pheromones and hormones have been synthesized and used to identify binding and catabolic proteins from insect tissues. Chemically modified analogs, including photoaffinity labels and enzyme inhibitors, are among the tools used to covalently modify the specific acceptor or catalytic sites. Such targeted agents can also provide leads for the design of growth and mating disruptants by allowing manipulation of the physiologically important interactions of the chemical signals with macromolecules.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Prestwich, G D -- GM-30899/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Aug 28;237(4818):999-1006.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3616631" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Bees/metabolism
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Chemical Phenomena
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Chemistry
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Cockroaches/metabolism
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Female
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Insect Hormones/*metabolism
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Insects/metabolism
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Juvenile Hormones/metabolism
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Male
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Methoprene/metabolism
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Moths/metabolism
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Pheromones/*metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
