EFFECT OF THE SULFHYDRYL REAGENT, MERSALYL ACID, ON SEX-PHEROMONE RECEPTION BY HETERODERA-SCHACHTII (NEMATODA, HETERODERIDAE) MALES

被引:3
作者
AUMANN, J
机构
[1] Institute of Phytopathology, University of Kiel, W-2300 Kiel 1
关键词
SULFHYDRYL REAGENT; MERSALYL ACID; SEX PHEROMONE RECEPTION; HETERODERA-SCHACHTII; NEMATODA;
D O I
10.1017/S0031182000062624
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
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 group in the receptor molecules and a role for sulphydryl groups in pheromone reception.
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