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Chem Biol

Title:		Pheromone unwrapping by pH flip-flopping
Author(s):		Leal WS;
Address:		"Honorary Maeda-Duffey Lab, Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA"
Journal Title:		Chem Biol
Year:		2004
Volume:		11
Issue:		8
Page Number:		1029 - 1031
DOI:		10.1016/j.chembiol.2004.08.001
ISSN/ISBN:		1074-5521 (Print) 1074-5521 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The Asian elephant utilizes the same sex pheromone as a number of moth species, (Z)-7-dodecen-1-yl acetate encapsulated in a serum-derived albumin. The chemical signal is emitted in the urine and received in the mucus of the trunk. The unwrapping of the package is pH mediated"
Keywords:		Albumins/*metabolism Animals Biological Transport Dodecanol/*analogs & derivatives/*metabolism/urine Elephants/anatomy & histology/*metabolism Female Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Male Pheromones/*metabolism/urine;
Notes:		"MedlineLeal, Walter S eng 1U01AI058267-01/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ Comment Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 2004/08/25 Chem Biol. 2004 Aug; 11(8):1029-31. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2004.08.001"