Publikationsdatum:
2016-03-16
Beschreibung:
Sesquiterpenes play important roles in insect communication, for example as pheromones. However, no sesquiterpene synthases, the enzymes involved in construction of the basic carbon skeleton, have been identified in insects to date. We investigated the biosynthesis of the sesquiterpene (6R,7S)-himachala-9,11-diene in the crucifer flea beetle Phyllotreta striolata, a compound previously...
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Digitale ISSN:
1091-6490
Thema:
Biologie
,
Medizin
,
Allgemeine Naturwissenschaft
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