Title: | Behavioural genetics: worms seek that old beetle smell |
Author(s): | Sokolowski MB; Fitzpatrick MJ; |
Address: | "Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga Ontario, L5L 1C6, Canada. marla.sokolowski@utoronto.ca" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.038 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0960-9822 (Print) 0960-9822 (Linking) |
Abstract: | Some nematodes eavesdrop on pheromonal signals to sniff out their elderly beetle hosts. This turns out to be yet another behaviour regulated by cGMP/PKG signalling |
Keywords: | Animals Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/genetics Coleoptera/*parasitology Cyclic GMP/metabolism Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/genetics/metabolism Helminth Proteins/*genetics Nematoda/*genetics/physiology Pheromones/*physiology Signal Transduction/p; |
Notes: | "MedlineSokolowski, Marla B Fitzpatrick, Mark J eng England 2008/06/05 Curr Biol. 2008 Jun 3; 18(11):R480-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.038" |