2023

Pathogenic bacteria modulate pheromone response to promote mating

2021

Hunger enhances food-odour attraction through a neuropeptide Y spotlight

Insights into a receptor that lets insects sense scents

Structure of the class D GPCR Ste2 dimer coupled to two G proteins

2020

Can dogs smell COVID? Here's what the science says

4-Vinylanisole is an aggregation pheromone in locusts

Catching plague locusts with their own scent

Additive manufacturing of silica aerogels

The pheromone darcin drives a circuit for innate and reinforced behaviours

The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants

2019

Secondary organic aerosol reduced by mixture of atmospheric vapours

2018

Neural circuit evolved to process pheromone differently in two species of fruit fly

Macromolecular organic compounds from the depths of Enceladus

Evolution of a central neural circuit underlies Drosophila mate preferences

Trade-offs in using European forests to meet climate objectives

2017

Chemists can help to solve the air-pollution health crisis

2016

Balancing selection shapes density-dependent foraging behaviour

Oil sands operations as a large source of secondary organic aerosols

Amazon boundary layer aerosol concentration sustained by vertical transport during rainfall

The role of low-volatility organic compounds in initial particle growth in the atmosphere

2015

Interaction and signalling between a cosmopolitan phytoplankton and associated bacteria

Bacteriocin production augments niche competition by enterococci in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract

Bacteria may help bats to fight deadly fungus

Intersecting transcription networks constrain gene regulatory evolution

Fungal pathogen uses sex pheromone receptor for chemotropic sensing of host plant signals

Predicting climate-driven regime shifts versus rebound potential in coral reefs

2014

High winter ozone pollution from carbonyl photolysis in an oil and gas basin

A large source of low-volatility secondary organic aerosol

High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China

Atmospheric science: Involatile particles from rapid oxidation

Convergent evolution of a fused sexual cycle promotes the haploid lifestyle

Galanin neurons in the medial preoptic area govern parental behaviour

2013

A juvenile mouse pheromone inhibits sexual behaviour through the vomeronasal system

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE genes mediate leaf-to-leaf wound signalling

Behavioural and genetic analyses of Nasonia shed light on the evolution of sex pheromones

orco mutant mosquitoes lose strong preference for humans and are not repelled by volatile DEET

Structural basis for alternating access of a eukaryotic calcium/proton exchanger

2012

Asymmetric spiroacetalization catalysed by confined Bronsted acids

Neuroscience: Lessons from heartbreak

An alternative route to cyclic terpenes by reductive cyclization in iridoid biosynthesis

Dopamine neurons modulate pheromone responses in Drosophila courtship learning

A new atmospherically relevant oxidant of sulphur dioxide

Sex-specific volatile compounds influence microarthropod-mediated fertilization of moss

2011

Molecular organization of vomeronasal chemoreception

Molecular regulation of sexual preference revealed by genetic studies of 5-HT in the brains of male mice

Distributed biological computation with multicellular engineered networks

Early detection: Spotting the first signs

Malaria: Mosquitoes bamboozled

An olfactory receptor for food-derived odours promotes male courtship in Drosophila

Synthetic biology: Division of logic labour

Parallel evolution of domesticated Caenorhabditis species targets pheromone receptor genes

2010

Co-option of the hormone-signalling module dafachronic acid-DAF-12 in nematode evolution

Neuroscience: Sexy circuits

The male mouse pheromone ESP1 enhances female sexual receptive behaviour through a specific vomeronasal receptor

Allelic variation in a fatty-acyl reductase gene causes divergence in moth sex pheromones

A dimorphic pheromone circuit in Drosophila from sensory input to descending output

An amorphous solid state of biogenic secondary organic aerosol particles

Identification of an aggression-promoting pheromone and its receptor neurons in Drosophila

Genetic analysis of variation in transcription factor binding in yeast

Atmospheric chemistry: phase matters for aerosols

Plant biology: Growth industry

The scaffold protein Ste5 directly controls a switch-like mating decision in yeast

2009

Homothallic and heterothallic mating in the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans

Journal club. A microbiologist wonders what turns us on

Behavioural neurobiology: Chemical love

New particle formation in forests inhibited by isoprene emissions

Neuroscience: A social hub for worms

A hub-and-spoke circuit drives pheromone attraction and social behaviour in C. elegans

Olfaction: Noses within noses

Formyl peptide receptor-like proteins are a novel family of vomeronasal chemosensors

Atmospheric chemistry: The man who smells forests

Fifty years of pheromones

Specialized cells tag sexual and species identity in Drosophila melanogaster

2008

The Drosophila pheromone cVA activates a sexually dimorphic neural circuit

Comprehensive mass-spectrometry-based proteome quantification of haploid versus diploid yeast

Atmospheric oxidation capacity sustained by a tropical forest

A blend of small molecules regulates both mating and development in Caenorhabditis elegans

Negative feedback that improves information transmission in yeast signalling

2007

An essential role for a CD36-related receptor in pheromone detection in Drosophila

Identification of protein pheromones that promote aggressive behaviour

Genetic variation in a human odorant receptor alters odour perception

A functional circuit underlying male sexual behaviour in the female mouse brain

"Behavioural genetics: sex, flies and acetate"

Mathematical physics: on the right scent

MAPK-mediated bimodal gene expression and adaptive gradient sensing in yeast

Behavioural neurobiology: females can also be from Mars

'Infotaxis' as a strategy for searching without gradients

A single class of olfactory neurons mediates behavioural responses to a Drosophila sex pheromone

Plant biology: the flower of seduction

Thresholds and the resilience of Caribbean coral reefs

2006

Entomology: to catch a bee

Neuroscience: an extra dimension to olfaction

Mouse data hint at human pheromones

"Behaviour: smells, brains and hormones"

Pheromonal communication in vertebrates

A second class of chemosensory receptors in the olfactory epithelium

2005

Genetic interactions between polymorphisms that affect gene expression in yeast

Chemical communication: butterfly anti-aphrodisiac lures parasitic wasps

Chemical communication: chirality in elephant pheromones

Chemical structure and biological activity of the Caenorhabditis elegans dauer-inducing pheromone

Encoding social signals in the mouse main olfactory bulb

Insect communication: 'no entry' signal in ant foraging

Regulated cell-to-cell variation in a cell-fate decision system

Systems biology: deviations in mating

Sex-specific peptides from exocrine glands stimulate mouse vomeronasal sensory neurons

Sexual reproduction between partners of the same mating type in Cryptococcus neoformans

Recruitment of entomopathogenic nematodes by insect-damaged maize roots

2004

"DNA end resection, homologous recombination and DNA damage checkpoint activation require CDK1"

Evolutionary change from induced to constitutive expression of an indirect plant resistance

Optimal traffic organization in ants under crowded conditions

Trail geometry gives polarity to ant foraging networks

2003

Decisions about parental care in response to perceived paternity

Insect signalling: components of giant hornet alarm pheromone

Chemical and behavioural characterization of the rabbit mammary pheromone

Reproductive biology: mammary messages

TRP channels as cellular sensors

Social insects: Cuticular hydrocarbons inform task decisions

Srb10/Cdk8 regulates yeast filamentous growth by phosphorylating the transcription factor Ste12

2002

Chemical mimicry: male ants disguised by the queen's bouquet

Deficient pheromone responses in mice lacking a cluster of vomeronasal receptor genes

Jasmonate and salicylate induce expression of herbivore cytochrome P450 genes

Herbivory: caterpillar saliva beats plant defences

Mellifluous matures to malodorous in musth

Honeybee colonies achieve fitness through dancing

Pretender punishment induced by chemical signalling in a queenless ant

Parasitoid secretions provoke ant warfare

Structure of a bacterial quorum-sensing transcription factor complexed with pheromone and DNA

2001

Caterpillar-induced nocturnal plant volatiles repel conspecific females

How the olfactory system makes sense of scents

Individual recognition in mice mediated by major urinary proteins

Neuropharmacology. Odorants may arouse instinctive behaviours

Benefits of female mimicry in snakes

Odour-plume dynamics influence the brain's olfactory code

Surface-to-air signals

Smart single-chip gas sensor microsystem

2000

Herbivory-induced volatiles elicit defence genes in lima bean leaves

Halocarbons produced by natural oxidation processes during degradation of organic matter

A larger pool of ozone-forming carbon compounds in urban atmospheres

A colorimetric sensor array for odour visualization

Ultrasensitive pheromone detection by mammalian vomeronasal neurons

"p73-deficient mice have neurological, pheromonal and inflammatory defects but lack spontaneous tumours"

1999

Evidence that a free-running oscillator drives G1 events in the budding yeast cell cycle

An enzymatic globin from a marine worm

Aquatic sex pheromone from a male tree frog

Pheromones and regulation of ovulation

1998

Interaction of a G-protein beta-subunit with a conserved sequence in Ste20/PAK family protein kinases

A GTP-exchange factor required for cell orientation

Human pheromones. Communication through body odour

Protease helps yeast find mating partners

Regulation of ovulation by human pheromones

1997

Medicinal alkaloid as a sex pheromone

The Fork head transcription factor DAF-16 transduces insulin-like metabolic and longevity signals in C. elegans

Molecular evidence for an ancient duplication of the entire yeast genome

The putative chaperone calmegin is required for sperm fertility

The role of RhoA in tissue polarity and Frizzled signalling

1996

Inhibition of G-protein-mediated MAP kinase activation by a new mammalian gene family

Insect pheromone in elephants

Spectroscopic evidence for interstellar ices in comet Hyakutake

A phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase family member regulating longevity and diapause in Caenorhabditis elegans

1995

Furin-dependent intracellular activation of the human stromelysin-3 zymogen

Autocrine mitogenic activity of pheromones produced by the protozoan ciliate Euplotes raikovi

Tetrodotoxin as a pheromone

Quantal-like current fluctuations induced by odorants in olfactory receptor cells

Role for the Rho-family GTPase Cdc42 in yeast mating-pheromone signal pathway

1994

A brain serine/threonine protein kinase activated by Cdc42 and Rac1

1993

MAP kinase-related FUS3 from S. cerevisiae is activated by STE7 in vitro

Complementation of byr1 in fission yeast by mammalian MAP kinase kinase requires coexpression of Raf kinase

Honest signalling among gametes

A role for Fyn tyrosine kinase in the suckling behaviour of neonatal mice

1992

Calcineurin mediates inhibition by FK506 and cyclosporin of recovery from alpha-factor arrest in yeast

Immuno-isolation of Sec7p-coated transport vesicles from the yeast secretory pathway

Pheromone binding to two rodent urinary proteins revealed by X-ray crystallography

A yeast gene (BEM1) necessary for cell polarization whose product contains two SH3 domains

1991

Identification of a G1-type cyclin puc1+ in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

1990

The GTPase superfamily: a conserved switch for diverse cell functions

"Structural model of ATP-binding proteins associated with cystic fibrosis, multidrug resistance and bacterial transport"

1989

A regulatory hierarchy for cell specialization in yeast

The yeast STE6 gene encodes a homologue of the mammalian multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein

Peptide structure. Beyond transcriptional events

1988

A subfamily of stress proteins facilitates translocation of secretory and mitochondrial precursor polypeptides

A specific inhibitor of the ran1+ protein kinase regulates entry into meiosis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

1987

Pesticides in fog

Strand segregation or recombination

Was the Archaean biosphere upside down?

1986

Trans-sexually grafted antennae alter pheromone-directed behaviour in a moth

1985

Female mimicry in garter snakes

Identification and comparison of two sequence elements that confer cell-type specific transcription in yeast

Pheromone-processing protease of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1984

Fly and frog homoeo domains show homologies with yeast mating type regulatory proteins

Carbon isotope composition of low molecular weight hydrocarbons and monocarboxylic acids from Murchison meteorite

Primary structure homology between the product of yeast cell division control gene CDC28 and vertebrate oncogenes

Role of DNA replication in the repression of silent mating type loci in yeast

1983

Induction of yeast mating pheromone a-factor by alpha cells

Tissue rejection: the price of sexual acceptance?

1982

A bifunctional gene product involved in two phases of the yeast cell cycle

Transposition of a tandem duplication of yeast mating-type genes

Pheromones in mice: reciprocal interaction between the nose and brain

1981

Pheromone binding and inactivation by moth antennae

1979

Rapid deposition of subcutaneous areolar tissue in response to sexual stimulation in mice

1978

Interest of mice in conspecific male odours is influenced by degree of kinship

Sex pheromones in bacteria

1977

"Copulatory plugs, restricted mating opportunities and reproductive competition among male garter snakes"

A new theory of olfaction based on dispersion-induced optical activity

Influence of the seminal plug on mating behaviour in the garter snake

"Sex pheromone of the California red scale, Aonidiella aurantii"

1976

Diet influences attractiveness of urine in guinea pigs

Evidence for a new diffusible element of mating pheromones in yeast

Acoustic response to chemical stimuli in ground crickets

Aggregation response of nymphs to pheromone(s) produced by males of the tick Amblyomma hebraeum (Koch)

Antennal receptor response to sex pheromone mimics in the American cockroach

Synergistic effect of a pheromone and a kairomone on host selection and colonisation by Ips avulsus

1975

Multicomponent alarm pheromones of the weaver ant

Behavioural role of individual components of a multichemical attractant system in the Oriental fruit moth

Chemical communication in maternal behaviour of crayfish

Spawning pheromone in crown-of-thorns starfish

Production of verbenol pheromone by a bacterium isolated from bark beetles

Sex recognition pheromone in tsetse fly Glossina morsitans

1974

Coevolution of Danaid butterflies with their host plants

Bioassay of a Drosophila pheromone influencing sexual selection

Evidence for the two-state model of nematode behaviour

Involvement of amino and sulphydryl groups in olfactory transduction in silk moths

Pyrrolizidine ester alkaloid in danaid butterflies

Treehopper (Membracidae) alarm pheromones

1973

Letter: Odour-blindness to musk: simple recessive inheritance

Oviposition pheromone in larval mandibular glands of Ephestia kuehniella

Specificity and molecular features of an insect attractant in a Drosophila mutant

1972

Pre-courtship activity and a new scent organ in butterflies

1971

Intrinsic limitations in the use of electroantennograms to bioassay male pheromones in lepidoptera

"Mandibular gland secretion of larvae of the flour moth, Anagasta kuehniella, contains an epideictic pheromone and elicits oviposition movements in a hymenopteran parasite"

Likelihood of human pheromones

Identification of primate sexual pheromones and the properties of synthetic attractants

Is the local orientation of anadromous fishes determined by pheromones ?

"Identification of the trail pheromone of a leaf-cutting ant, Atta texana"

"Sex pheromone in the lobster, Homarus americanus"

Sex pheromone mimics of the American cockroach

Production of an insect sex attractant by symbiotic bacteria

1970

"Evidence for a male sex pheromone in the noctuid, Trichoplusia ni"

"Alarm pheromone and avoidance conditioning in goldfish, Carassius auratus"

Epidermis and pheromone production in males of the desert locust

Odour discrimination: 'sex pheromone specialists' in the olfactory lobe of the cockroach

"Pheromone may induce brood tending in the fire ant, Solenopsis saevissima"

Primate sex pheromones of vaginal origin

Pheromones and their effect on aggression in mice

Sex pheromone of the oblique-banded leaf roller moth

1969

"Multiple sex pheromones of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor L"

Does a pheromone-like factor from the nestling rabbit stimulate impregnation and maturation in the rabbit flea?

Species and sex-specific compounds from the heads of male bumblebees (Bombus spp.)

1968

Locust return. Renewed fight against insects

Carbon dioxide as an attractant for host-seeking Cephenemyia females (Diptera: Oestridae)

Isolation and identification of termite trail-following pheromone

Pheromones from the abdominal brushes of male noctuid lepidoptera

"Storage and release of a sex pheromone by the Queensland fruit fly, Dacus tryoni (Diptera: Trypetidae)"

Pheromones in the communication of sexual status in primates

Sex attractant of the red-banded leaf roller moth

Sex pheromone perception

1967

Insect population control by the use of sex pheromones to inhibit orientation between the sexes

Unique synergistic effects produced by the principal sex attractant compounds of Ips confusus (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

1963

A Maternal Factor Which Breaks Paternal Chromosomes

1962

Identification of isoamyl acetate as an active component in the sting pheromone of the honey bee

Terminology of some biologically active substances and validity of the term 'pheromones'

1959

Pheromones': a new term for a class of biologically active substances