Title: | Pheromones: evolving language of chemical communication in nematodes |
Address: | "Institut de Biologie Valrose, CNRS UMR7277-INSERM U1091, Universite de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice cedex 2, France. braendle@unice.fr" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.035 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-0445 (Electronic) 0960-9822 (Linking) |
Abstract: | New research reveals how the intricate repertoire of ascarosides--small molecules acting as multifaceted pheromones in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans--has evolved in divergent nematode taxa occupying contrasted ecological niches |
Keywords: | Animals Carboxylic Acids/*metabolism Glycosides/*metabolism Nematoda/*metabolism *Signal Transduction; |
Notes: | "MedlineBraendle, Christian eng Comment England 2012/05/12 Curr Biol. 2012 May 8; 22(9):R294-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.035. Epub 2012 May 7" |