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Effect of the sulphydryl reagent, mersalyl acid, on sex pheromone reception by Heterodera schachtii (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) males

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

J. Aumann
J. Aumann
Affiliation:
Institute of Phytopathology, University of Kiel, Hermann-Rodewald-Strasse 9, W-2300 Kiel 1, Germany
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Summary

Female sex pheromone reception was inhibited in a bioassay by treating males of the beet cyst nematode, Heterodera schachtii, with the sulphydryl reagent, mersalyl acid. This effect was blocked by the sulphydryl group protectant, dithiothreitol, indicating the occurrence of sulphydryl groups in the receptor molecules and a role for sulphydryl groups in pheromone reception.

Keywords

sulphydryl reagentmersalyl acidsex pheromone receptionHeterodera schachtiiNematoda
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 102 , Issue 2 , April 1991 , pp. 299 - 301
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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