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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