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A bioluminescent assay for aldehyde sex pheromones of insects

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Aldehyde dependent bacterial luciferases respond quantitatively to ng quantities of aldehyde pheromones from insects. The luminescent response is the basis for a quantitative assay used to analyse sex pheromone from several sources including individual female moths.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, 3655 Drummond Street, H3G 1Y6, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    E. A. Meighen, K. N. Slessor & G. G. Grant

  2. Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, Canada

    E. A. Meighen, K. N. Slessor & G. G. Grant

  3. Forest Pest Management Institute, Canadian Forestry Service, Sault Ste. Maria, Canada

    E. A. Meighen, K. N. Slessor & G. G. Grant

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This investigation was supported by a U.S.D.A. Forest Service Program entitled Canada United States Spruce Budworms Program (23–345) and the Medical Research Council of Canada (MT-4314).

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Meighen, E.A., Slessor, K.N. & Grant, G.G. A bioluminescent assay for aldehyde sex pheromones of insects. Experientia 37, 555–557 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990045

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