TitleDatePubMed ID
Sequence variation determining stereochemistry of a Δ11 desaturase active in moth sex pheromone biosynthesis.2016 Jul27163509
The regulation of Δ11-desaturase gene expression in the pheromone gland of Mamestra brassicae (Lepidoptera; Noctuidae) during pheromonogenesis.2015 Sep 1525796477
Multiple Δ11-desaturase genes selectively used for sex pheromone biosynthesis are conserved in Ostrinia moth genomes.2015 Jun25940818
Discovery of a disused desaturase gene from the pheromone gland of the moth Ascotis selenaria, which secretes an epoxyalkenyl sex pheromone.2013 Nov 2924211206
Sex pheromone desaturase functioning in a primitive Ostrinia moth is cryptically conserved in congeners' genomes.2011 Apr 2621444802
Elucidation of the sex-pheromone biosynthesis producing 5,7-dodecadienes in Dendrolimus punctatus (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) reveals Delta 11- and Delta 9-desaturases with unusual catalytic properties.2010 Jun20403437
Alternative suppression of transcription from two desaturase genes is the key for species-specific sex pheromone biosynthesis in two Ostrinia moths.2009 Jan18992816
Key biosynthetic gene subfamily recruited for pheromone production prior to the extensive radiation of Lepidoptera.2008 Oct 218831750
Functional characterization of a desaturase from the tobacco hornworm moth (Manduca sexta) with bifunctional Z11- and 10,12-desaturase activity.2007 Jun17517337
Delta11 desaturases of Trichoplusia ni and Spodoptera littoralis exhibit dual catalytic behaviour.2006 Oct17027848