TY  - GEN
A1  - Ferenz, Hans-Jürgen
A1  - Peter, Martin G.
A1  - Berg, Dieter
T1  - Inhibition of farnesoic acid methyltransferase by sinefungin
N2  - Sinefungin inhibited the S-adenosylmethionine-dependent farnesoic acid methyltransferase in a cell-free system containing a homogenate of corpora allata from female locusts, Locusta migratoria. The enzyme catalyzed the penultimate step of juvenile hormone biosynthesis in the insects. Culturing corpora allata in the presence of sinefungin greatly suppressed juvenile hormone production. The following in vivo effects were visible after injection of the inhibitor: increase in mortality and reduction of total haemolymph protein liter and ovary fresh weight, as well as length of terminal oocytes. Attempts to reverse these effects by topical application of the juvenile hormone analog ZR-515 (methoprene) were only partly successful. Therefore, the in vivo effects may be due to a general inhibition of methyltransferase enzymes in the insect. Sinefungin appeared to be of potential interest as the first representative of a new class of insect growth regulators.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - paper 077 
KW  - Juvenile hormone analogue
KW  - Orthoptera
KW  - Juvenile hormone
KW  - Biosynthesis
KW  - Enzyme
KW  - Corpora allata
KW  - In vitro
KW  - Biological activity
KW  - Enzyme inhibitor
Y1  - 1983
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17016
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Taylan, Mehmet Sait
A1  - Di Russo, Claudio
A1  - Rampini, Mauro
A1  - Ketmaier, Valerio
T1  - Molecular systematics of the genus Troglophilus (Rhaphidophoridae, Orthoptera) in Turkey mitochondrial 16S rDNA evidences
JF  - ZooKeys
N2  - This study focuses on the evolutionary relationships among Turkish species of the cave cricket genus Troglophilus. Fifteen populations were studied for sequence variation in a fragment (543 base pairs) of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) 16S rDNA gene (16S) to reconstruct their phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history. Genetic data retrieved three main clades and at least three divergent lineages that could not be attributed to any of the taxa known for the area. Molecular time estimates suggest that the diversification of the group took place between the Messinian and the Plio-Pleistocene.
KW  - Troglophilus
KW  - Rhaphidophoridae
KW  - Orthoptera
KW  - 16S rDNA
KW  - mitochondrial DNA
KW  - molecular systematics
KW  - cave crickets
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.257.4133
SN  - 1313-2989
IS  - 257
SP  - 33
EP  - 46
PB  - Pensoft Publ.
CY  - Sofia
ER  - 
TY  - INPR
A1  - Wellstein, Camilla
A1  - Schröder-Esselbach, Boris
A1  - Reineking, Bjoern
A1  - Zimmermann, Niklaus E.
T1  - Understanding species and community response to environmental change - A functional trait perspective
T2  - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment : an international journal for scientific research on the relationship of agriculture and food production to the biosphere
KW  - Functional traits
KW  - Functional diversity
KW  - Database
KW  - Land use
KW  - Management
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Landscape
KW  - Ecosystem function
KW  - Clonal plants
KW  - Dispersal
KW  - Plant growth
KW  - Orthoptera
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2011.06.024
SN  - 0167-8809
VL  - 145
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 4
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -