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Title:		Aldehyde Pheromones in Lepidoptera: Evidence for an Acetate Ester Precursor in Choristoneura fumiferana
Author(s):		Morse D; Meighen E;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1984
Volume:		226
Issue:		4681
Page Number:		1434 - 1436
DOI:		10.1126/science.226.4681.1434
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Labeling studies of the eastern spruce budworm in vivo indicate that trans-11-tetradecenyl acetate is synthesized specifically in the pheromone-producing gland and is degraded in concert with pheromone release; hence it may be a precursor to the trans-11-tetradecenal pheromone. Radioactivity from exogenously added labeled fatty acids did not appear to be directly incorporated into the ester, suggesting that de novo biosynthesis from acetate is the major route of ester biosynthesis. Conversion of the acetate ester to alcohol and aldehyde functional groups may be the principal method of regulating pheromone specificity between species of Choristoneura"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEMorse, D Meighen, E eng 1984/12/21 Science. 1984 Dec 21; 226(4681):1434-6. doi: 10.1126/science.226.4681.1434"