Pheromone binding proteins in insects.
Author of the article:ZHU Bin-Bin1,2,JIANG Yong1,LEI Chao-Liang1
Author's Workplace:(1.Institute of Insect Resource, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070,China; 2.Yichang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yichang
443000, China)
Key Words:pheromone binding proteins; odorant binding proteins; pheromone; antenna
Abstract:Pheromone binding proteins(PBP)of insects are soluble acidic proteins, concentrated in the lymph of chemosensory sensilla of insect antenna and belonging to one major class of odorant binding proteins(OBP)family. Pheromone binding proteins are thought t