From L-Dopa to Dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde: A Toxic Biochemical Pathway Plays a Vital Physiological Function in Insects

• Christopher Vavricka,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Qian Han,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Yongping Huang,

  Affiliation Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Shanghai, China

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• Sara M. Erickson,

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Kim Harich,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Bruce M. Christensen,

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Jianyong Li

  * E-mail: lij@vt.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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