2016

"Identification and functional characterization of a pyrokinin neuropeptide receptor in the Lyme disease vector, Ixodes scapularis"

2015

Pheromonotropic and melanotropic PK/PBAN receptors: differential ligand-receptor interactions

2014

"Molecular identification and expression analysis of a diapause hormone receptor in the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea"

2013

"Responsiveness of vomeronasal cells to a newt peptide pheromone, sodefrin as monitored by changes of intracellular calcium concentrations"

2012

Fruit fly behavior in response to chemosensory signals

"Host-defense peptides of Australian anurans. Part 2. Structure, activity, mechanism of action, and evolutionary significance"

2011

Skin peptide and cDNA profiling of Australian anurans: genus and species identification and evolutionary trends

"Plantaricin A synthesized by Lactobacillus plantarum induces in vitro proliferation and migration of human keratinocytes and increases the expression of TGF-beta1, FGF7, VEGF-A and IL-8 genes"

2010

"Plantaricin A, a peptide pheromone produced by Lactobacillus plantarum, permeabilizes the cell membrane of both normal and cancerous lymphocytes and neuronal cells"

"Conservation of the egg-laying hormone neuropeptide and attractin pheromone in the spotted sea hare, Aplysia dactylomela"

2009

"Evaluation of a PK/PBAN analog with an (E)-alkene, trans-Pro isostere identifies the Pro orientation for activity in four diverse PK/PBAN bioassays"

Biostable beta-amino acid PK/PBAN analogs: agonist and antagonist properties

"An amphiphilic, PK/PBAN analog is a selective pheromonotropic antagonist that penetrates the cuticle of a heliothine insect"

An overview of the mosaic bacteriocin pln loci from Lactobacillus plantarum

Bioavailability of insect neuropeptides: the PK/PBAN family as a case study

Bioavailability of beta-amino acid and C-terminally derived PK/PBAN analogs

2008

"The pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) receptor of Heliothis virescens: identification, functional expression, and structure-activity relationships of ligand analogs"

"Characterization of Aplysia Alb-1, a candidate water-borne protein pheromone released during egg laying"

2007

Inhibition of PK/PBAN-mediated functions in insects: discovery of selective and non-selective inhibitors

"Isolation, characterization and bioactivity of a region-specific pheromone, [Val8]sodefrin from the newt Cynops pyrrhogaster"

Recombinant production and structural studies of the Aplysia water-borne protein pheromone enticin indicates it has a novel disulfide stabilized fold

2006

"Backbone cyclic pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) antagonists: inhibition of melanization in the moth Spodoptera littoralis (Insecta, Lepidoptera)"

Newly identified water-borne protein pheromones interact with attractin to stimulate mate attraction in Aplysia

2005

"Molecular characterization of pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide from the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.)"

"Molluscan attractins, a family of water-borne protein pheromones with interspecific attractiveness"

Aplysia seductin is a water-borne protein pheromone that acts in concert with attractin to stimulate mate attraction

Aplysia capsulin is localized to egg capsules and egg cordon sheaths and shares sequence homology with Drosophila dec-1 gene products

"Characterization of a peptide from skin secretions of male specimens of the frog, Leptodactylus fallax that stimulates aggression in male frogs"

2004

Peptide pheromones in female Nereis succinea

Processing of multiple forms of preprosodefrin in the abdominal gland of the red-bellied newt Cynops pyrrhogaster: regional and individual differences in preprosodefrin gene expression

Quorum sensing control of lantibiotic production; nisin and subtilin autoregulate their own biosynthesis

Peptide pheromones: an overview

Role of neuropeptides in sex pheromone production in moths

A walk-through of the yeast mating pheromone response pathway

Urinary proteins and the modulation of chemical scents in mice and rats

"Oxytocin, vasopressin, and social recognition in mammals"

Peptide signal molecules and bacteriocins in Gram-negative bacteria: a genome-wide in silico screening for peptides containing a double-glycine leader sequence and their cognate transporters

"Host-defence peptides of Australian anurans: structure, mechanism of action and evolutionary significance"

"Aphrodisin, an aphrodisiac lipocalin secreted in hamster vaginal secretions"

Peptide pheromones in newts

"Identification of a cDNA encoding DH, PBAN and other FXPRL neuropeptides from the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, and expression associated with pupal diapause"

Enterococcal peptide sex pheromones: synthesis and control of biological activity

Crustacean peptide and peptide-like pheromones and kairomones

The alpha-factor mating pheromone of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a model for studying the interaction of peptide hormones and G protein-coupled receptors

A conserved heptapeptide sequence in the waterborne attractin pheromone stimulates mate attraction in Aplysia

Peptide and protein pheromones in molluscs

Autoregulation of subtilin biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis: the role of the spa-box in subtilin-responsive promoters

2003

Peptide products of the atrial gland are not water-borne reproductive pheromones during egg laying in Aplysia

Histochemical localization of the PBAN receptor in the pheromone gland of Heliothis peltigera

2002

A brominated-fluorene insect neuropeptide analog exhibits pyrokinin/PBAN-specific toxicity for adult females of the tobacco budworm moth

Enhanced oral availability/pheromonotropic activity of peptidase-resistant topical amphiphilic analogs of pyrokinin/PBAN insect neuropeptides

2001

A peptide profile of the Bacillus subtilis genome

Peptide pheromone-dependent regulation of antimicrobial peptide production in Gram-positive bacteria: a case of multicellular behavior

A two-component signal-transduction cascade in Carnobacterium piscicola LV17B: two signaling peptides and one sensor-transmitter

Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis peptide pheromones produced by the accessory gene regulator agr system

Pentapeptide regulation of aspartyl-phosphate phosphatases

Peptide pheromone-induced transfer of plasmid pCF10 in Enterococcus faecalis: probing the genetic and molecular basis for specificity of the pheromone response

Pyrokinin/PBAN radio-receptor assay: development and application for the characterization of a putative receptor from the pheromone gland of Heliothis peltigera

Comparative topical pheromonotropic activity of insect pyrokinin/PBAN amphiphilic analogs incorporating different fatty and/or cholic acid components

The intracellular function of extracellular signaling peptides

A free terminal carboxylate group is required for PhrA pentapeptide inhibition of RapA phosphatase

2000

Discovery of a linear lead antagonist to the insect pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN)

1999

Synthesis and biological activity of a photoaffinity-biotinylated pheromone-biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) analog

"A cDNA, from Agrotis ipsilon, that encodes the pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) and other FXPRL peptides"

1997

Orthodromic activation of peptidergic cells in the medial amygdala

1996

Potent pheromonotropic/myotropic activity of a carboranyl pseudotetrapeptide analogue of the insect pyrokinin/PBAN neuropeptide family administered via injection or topical application

Pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptides: functions and chemistry

1995

Pheromonotropic activity of naturally occurring pyrokinin insect neuropeptides (FXPRLamide) in Helicoverpa zea

1990

"Isolation, identification and synthesis of locustamyotropin (Lom-MT), a novel biologically active insect peptide"

1988

Synthetic peptide analogs to barnacle settlement pheromone

1981

Presence and localization of immunoreactive luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) within the olfactory bulbs of adult male and female rats

alpha-Melanocyte stimulating hormone and the release of sex attractant odors in the female rat