Characterization of a hostplant-inducible cytochrome P450 from the black swallowtail caterpillar, Papilio polyxenes (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) function in the oxidation of countless xenobiotic and endogenous substrates, and are among the most important enzymes utilized by herbivores in detoxifying plant defensive compounds. This thesis describes the identification and molecular cloning of a P450 isozyme associated with the detoxification of one such compound, xanthotoxin, by larvae of the black swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes (Lepidoptera:Papilionidae).

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Entomology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Cohen, Michael B.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Berenbaum, May R.

• Biology, Molecular
• Biology, Entomology

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Cohen, Michael B.

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9210771
(UMI)AAI9210771

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20177