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C R Acad Sci III

Title:		Effect of a brood pheromone on honeybee hypopharyngeal glands
Author(s):		Mohammedi A; Crauser D; Paris A; Le Conte Y;
Address:		"INRA, Unite de zoologie, Avignon, France"
Journal Title:		C R Acad Sci III
Year:		1996
Volume:		319
Issue:		9
Page Number:		769 - 772
DOI:
ISSN/ISBN:		0764-4469 (Print) 0764-4469 (Linking)
Abstract:		"In a honeybee colony, brood stimulates development of hypopharyngeal glands of nurse bees. A chemical signal, a blend of 10 fatty acid esters, has been identified on larval cuticle. We demonstrate that the blend of 10 esters, ethyl oleate, and methyl palmitate stimulates the protein synthesis of hypopharyngeal glands of nurses. Thus, in Apis mellifera the chemical signal from the brood acts as a primer pheromone in addition to its previously shown role as a releaser pheromone"
Keywords:		"Animals Bees/*metabolism Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Hypopharynx/*drug effects/*metabolism Oleic Acids/pharmacology Palmitates/administration & dosage/pharmacology Pheromones/administration & dosage/*pharmacology Protein Biosynthesis;"
Notes:		"MedlineMohammedi, A Crauser, D Paris, A Le Conte, Y eng France 1996/09/01 C R Acad Sci III. 1996 Sep; 319(9):769-72"