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2023 A chemical defense deters cannibalism in migratory locusts A 3D extra-large-pore zeolite enabled by 1D-to-3D topotactic condensation of a chain silicate Chemical notes of tsetse fly mating Helping honey bees help themselves A volatile sex attractant of tsetse flies 2022 Natural history-guided omics reveals plant defensive chemistry against leafhopper pests Nocturnal survival of isoprene linked to formation of upper tropospheric organic aerosol Spacecraft sample collection and subsurface excavation of asteroid (101955) Bennu 2021 Drivers of mosquito mating "Clock genes and environmental cues coordinate Anopheles pheromone synthesis, swarming, and mating" Ecosystem fluxes during drought and recovery in an experimental forest Watching a hydroperoxyalkyl radical (*QOOH) dissociate 2020 "A nitrogenase-like enzyme system catalyzes methionine, ethylene, and methane biogenesis" Information arms race explains plant-herbivore chemical communication in ecological communities 2019 Atmospheric scientists join pheromone quest Growth of legal pot farms drives smog worries Cell types exposed by social scent Sensory coding mechanisms revealed by optical tagging of physiologically defined neuronal types Social transmission of food safety depends on synaptic plasticity in the prefrontal cortex 2018 "Glutamate triggers long-distance, calcium-based plant defense signaling" Chemical interactions between Saturn's atmosphere and its rings Volatile chemical products emerging as largest petrochemical source of urban organic emissions 2017 Emission of volatile organic compounds from petunia flowers is facilitated by an ABC transporter "Aggregation of the Whi3 protein, not loss of heterochromatin, causes sterility in old yeast cells" A chemical genetic roadmap to improved tomato flavor "Releasing plant volatiles, as simple as ABC" 2016 Atmospheric photochemistry at a fatty acid-coated air-water interface 2015 The fungi that ate my house Carbon radicals. Direct observation and kinetics of a hydroperoxyalkyl radical (QOOH) BIOCHEMISTRY. The flowering of a new scent pathway in rose PLANT VOLATILES. Biosynthesis of monoterpene scent compounds in roses 2014 Evolution. Smells like queen since the Cretaceous Drosophila life span and physiology are modulated by sexual perception and reward Cell biology. Cells listen to their inner voice Males shorten the life span of C. elegans hermaphrodites via secreted compounds Neurosensory perception of environmental cues modulates sperm motility critical for fertilization Development. Chemical warfare in the battle of the sexes Antheridiogen determines sex in ferns via a spatiotemporally split gibberellin synthesis pathway Conserved class of queen pheromones stops social insect workers from reproducing "Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars" Sensory biology. Flower discrimination by pollinators in a dynamic chemical environment Plant Science. Sex and the single fern Secreting and sensing the same molecule allows cells to achieve versatile social behaviors 2013 Detection and learning of floral electric fields by bumblebees Active atmosphere-ecosystem exchange of the vast majority of detected volatile organic compounds Neural basis of a pollinator's buffet: olfactory specialization and learning in Manduca sexta Caffeine in floral nectar enhances a pollinator's memory of reward "Volatile, isotope, and organic analysis of martian fines with the Mars Curiosity rover" Structure of the integral membrane protein CAAX protease Ste24p 2012 Biogenic potassium salt particles as seeds for secondary organic aerosol in the Amazon Conformational control of the Ste5 scaffold protein insulates against MAP kinase misactivation Pheromonal induction of spatial learning in mice Sexual deprivation increases ethanol intake in Drosophila 2011 Human tears contain a chemosignal Organic aerosol formation downwind from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill 2010 Insects betray themselves in nature to predators by rapid isomerization of green leaf volatiles Efficient atmospheric cleansing of oxidized organic trace gases by vegetation Olfactory plasticity is regulated by pheromonal signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans 2009 Eppendorf winner. Evolution and revolution in odor detection Developmental biology. Strategies to get arrested An ABC transporter controls export of a Drosophila germ cell attractant Two chemoreceptors mediate developmental effects of dauer pheromone in C. elegans 2008 Grueneberg ganglion cells mediate alarm pheromone detection in mice Encoding gender and individual information in the mouse vomeronasal organ Field experiments with transformed plants reveal the sense of floral scents Atmospheric hydroxyl radical production from electronically excited NO2 and H2O Wired for sex: the neurobiology of Drosophila mating decisions Regulation of the cellular heat shock response in Caenorhabditis elegans by thermosensory neurons Plant science. The 'invisible hand' of floral chemistry 2007 "Neuroscience. Brainwashing, honeybee style" Eppendorf 2007 winner. Neural circuits underlying chemical perception Queen pheromone blocks aversive learning in young worker bees 2006 Cell signaling. A sophisticated scaffold wields a new trick Flowers and fungi use scents to mimic each other Medical entomology. Keeping the bugs at bay The molecular basis for wine grape quality--a volatile subject "G protein signaling in yeast: new components, new connections, new compartments" Volatile signaling in plant-plant interactions: 'talking trees' in the genomics era The Ste5 scaffold allosterically modulates signaling output of the yeast mating pathway Plant volatile compounds: sensory cues for health and nutritional value? 2005 Genetic engineering of terpenoid metabolism attracts bodyguards to Arabidopsis Insect sex-pheromone signals mediated by specific combinations of olfactory receptors "Identification of the sex pheromone of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica" Biochemistry. Irresistible lure for cockroaches determined Eppendorf 2005 winner. A Drosophila OBP required for pheromone signaling Signal transduction. Signaling specificity in yeast Plant science. New gene boosts plant's defenses against pests 2004 Missing OH reactivity in a forest: evidence for unknown reactive biogenic VOCs Identification of polymers as major components of atmospheric organic aerosols Tip20p prohibits back-fusion of COPII vesicles with the endoplasmic reticulum Silencing the jasmonate cascade: induced plant defenses and insect populations Organic aerosol growth mechanisms and their climate-forcing implications Pheromone signaling mechanisms in yeast: a prototypical sex machine 2003 Ecological adaptation during incipient speciation revealed by precise gene replacement Encoding pheromonal signals in the accessory olfactory bulb of behaving mice Neuroscience. Snooty exchanges are key to mouse society Evolutionary biology. Outside agitators alter wasp behavior The chemistry of sexual deception in an orchid-wasp pollination system A seven-transmembrane RGS protein that modulates plant cell proliferation Social insect networks Role of mobile DNA in the evolution of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis 2002 Identification of a major gene regulating complex social behavior Bile Acid secreted by male sea lamprey that acts as a sex pheromone Formation of stable chlorinated hydrocarbons in weathering plant material Loss of sex discrimination and male-male aggression in mice deficient for TRP2 "Pheromone reception. When in doubt, mice mate rather than hate" Plant genetics. Something to sniff at: unbottling floral scent Role of a ubiquitin-like modification in polarized morphogenesis What mosquitoes want: secrets of host attraction Regulation of MAPK function by direct interaction with the mating-specific Galpha in yeast 2001 Animal behavior. Single gene dictates ant society Defensive function of herbivore-induced plant volatile emissions in nature DNA replication-independent silencing in S. cerevisiae Establishment of transcriptional silencing in the absence of DNA replication "Bakers' yeast, a model for fungal biofilm formation" Observations of ozone formation in power plant plumes and implications for ozone control strategies Role of Erv29p in collecting soluble secretory proteins into ER-derived transport vesicles Recruitment of Mec1 and Ddc1 checkpoint proteins to double-strand breaks through distinct mechanisms 2000 Natural selection and the reinforcement of mate recognition Genome-wide location and function of DNA binding proteins "The initial domestication of goats (Capra hircus) in the Zagros mountains 10,000 years ago" The influence of canadian forest fires on pollutant concentrations in the united states Responses of vomeronasal neurons to natural stimuli Signaling and circuitry of multiple MAPK pathways revealed by a matrix of global gene expression profiles 1999 Genetic selection of peptide inhibitors of biological pathways Communication goes multimodal Ploidy regulation of gene expression The vomeronasal organ Seven-transmembrane proteins as odorant and chemosensory receptors Proteinaceous pheromone affecting female receptivity in a terrestrial salamander 1998 Induced responses to herbivory and increased plant performance The role of Far1p in linking the heterotrimeric G protein to polarity establishment proteins during yeast mating 1997 Inhibition of pathogenicity of the rice blast fungus by Saccharomyces cerevisiae alpha-factor Modulation of Ras and a-factor function by carboxyl-terminal proteolysis Olfactory 'consciousness'? "Bni1p, a yeast formin linking cdc42p and the actin cytoskeleton during polarized morphogenesis" Genetic feminization of pheromones and its behavioral consequences in Drosophila males "Tropospheric air pollution: ozone, airborne toxics, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and particles" Unconscious odors Ste5 RING-H2 domain: role in Ste4-promoted oligomerization for yeast pheromone signaling Osmotic activation of the HOG MAPK pathway via Ste11p MAPKKK: scaffold role of Pbs2p MAPKK 1996 Enzymatic synthesis of a quorum-sensing autoinducer through use of defined substrates Control of C. elegans larval development by neuronal expression of a TGF-beta homolog Role of type I myosins in receptor-mediated endocytosis in yeast 1995 Bisexual fruit flies point to brain courtship centers Genetic feminization of brain structures and changed sexual orientation in male Drosophila Association of the yeast pheromone response G protein beta gamma subunits with the MAP kinase scaffold Ste5p Role of yeast insulin-degrading enzyme homologs in propheromone processing and bud site selection Sodefrin: a female-attracting peptide pheromone in newt cloacal glands Pheromone response in yeast: association of Bem1p with proteins of the MAP kinase cascade and actin Urban ozone control and atmospheric reactivity of organic gases 1994 Genetics of a pheromonal difference contributing to reproductive isolation in Drosophila Induction of an olfactory memory by the activation of a metabotropic glutamate receptor Degradation of G alpha by the N-end rule pathway Direct inhibition of the yeast cyclin-dependent kinase Cdc28-Cln by Far1 Suppression of hyphal formation in Candida albicans by mutation of a STE12 homolog Silencers and domains of generalized repression Why snakes have forked tongues 1993 A divergence in the MAP kinase regulatory network defined by MEK kinase and Raf Elements of the yeast pheromone response pathway required for filamentous growth of diploids Identification of a sex pheromone from a spider Phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase: gene structure and requirement for yeast cell viability 1992 Functional specialization of olfactory glomeruli in a moth Chemical signals from host plant and sexual behavior in a moth Functional complementation of yeast ste6 by a mammalian multidrug resistance mdr gene 1991 Control of larval development by chemosensory neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans "HRR25, a putative protein kinase from budding yeast: association with repair of damaged DNA" Controlling urban air pollution: a benefit-cost assessment Mediation of the attachment or fusion step in vesicular transport by the GTP-binding Ypt1 protein 1990 Common modifications of trimeric G proteins and ras protein: involvement of polyisoprenylation Control of yeast mating signal transduction by a mammalian beta 2-adrenergic receptor and Gs alpha subunit Enzymatic coupling of cholesterol intermediates to a mating pheromone precursor and to the ras protein Exploitation of herbivore-induced plant odors by host-seeking parasitic wasps Olfactory recognition: a simple memory system Sexual role reversal in mate-finding strategies of the cabbage looper moth 1989 Involvement of juvenile hormone in the regulation of pheromone release activities in a moth Clathrin: a role in the intracellular retention of a Golgi membrane protein Identification of a neuropeptide hormone that regulates sex pheromone production in female moths Genetic and pharmacological suppression of oncogenic mutations in ras genes of yeast and humans Some other books of interest: insect pheromones in plant protection Sex pheromones in snakes Pheromone-mediation of host-selection in bont ticks (Amblyomma hebraeum koch) 1988 DNAs of the two mating-type alleles of Neurospora crassa are highly dissimilar "Revenge of the 'Nozzleheads': Insect pheromones, once hyped as a panacea, have been quietly proving their efficacy; but federal regulation, the pesticide industry, and the very nature of the delicate chemicals themselves still stand in the way of their widespread use" "Pheromone Biochemistry. Glenn D. Prestwich and Gary J. Blomquist, Eds. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1987. xx, 565 pp., illus. $85" 1987 Induced resistance and interspecific competition between spider mites and a vascular wilt fungus Evolution of male pheromones in moths: reproductive isolation through sexual selection? Chemistry of pheromone and hormone metabolism in insects Chemical mimicry: bolas spiders emit components of moth prey species sex pheromones Programmed gene rearrangements altering gene expression Pheromone components and active spaces: what do moths smell and where do they smell it? Transcriptional regulation in the yeast life cycle 1986 Infantile experience with suckling odors determines adult sexual behavior in male rats Adrenal-mediated endogenous metabolites inhibit puberty in female mice Transmission of a female sex pheromone thwarted by males in the spider Linyphia litigiosa (Linyphiidae) 1985 Genetic consequences of mate choice: a quantitative genetic method for testing sexual selection theory Evidence for an antiaphrodisiac in the sweat bee Lasioglossum (Dialictus) zephyrum [2 + 2] photocycloadditions in the synthesis of chiral molecules Computerized pattern recognition: a new technique for the analysis of chemical communication Use of and research on pheromones Volatile halogenated organic compounds released to seawater from temperate marine macroalgae 1984 Aldehyde Pheromones in Lepidoptera: Evidence for an Acetate Ester Precursor in Choristoneura fumiferana Brain factor control of sex pheromone production in the female corn earworm moth "Isolation and structure of bacterial sex pheromone, cPD1" "Pheromonal Control of Metamorphosis in the Pacific Sand Dollar, Dendraster excentricus" 1983 Bark beetle conversion of a plant compound to a sex-specific inhibitor of pheromone attraction Male Esterase 6 Catalyzes the Synthesis of a Sex Pheromone in Drosophila melanogaster Females Morphological correlates of differences in pheromone sensitivity in insect sensilla Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis in Trichoplusia ni: Key Steps Involve Delta-11 Desaturation and Chain-Shortening The terminal nerve: a new chemosensory system in vertebrates? Regulation of queen number by workers in colonies of social insects An unusual lepidopteran sex pheromone system in the bagworm moth 1982 Asian bull elephants: Flehmen-like responses to extractable components in female elephant estrous urine Obligate necrophagy in a social bee Intraspecific vertical stratification as a mate-finding mechanism in tropical cockroaches Male Lek Formation and Female Calling in a Population of the Arctiid Moth Estigmene acrea Pheromone source location by flying moths: a supplementary non-anemotactic mechanism A pheromone influences larval development in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Yeast mating pheromone activates mammalian gonadotrophs: evolutionary conservation of a reproductive hormone? "Sex pheromone of the winter moth, a geometrid with unusually low temperature precopulatory responses" Scent organ development in creatonotos moths: regulation by pyrrolizidine alkaloids 1981 Close-range attraction of female oriental fruit moths to herbal scent of male hairpencils Antibiotic-induced inhibition of pheromone synthesis in a bark beetle Male vole urine changes luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone and norepinephrine in female olfactory bulb Female sex pheromone in the skin and circulation of a garter snake Pheromonal control of dealation and oogenesis in virgin queen fire ants Vibratory communication through living plants by a tropical wandering spider Pheromones: background and potential for use in insect pest control Pheromone orientation: role of internal control mechanisms 1980 Access of urinary nonvolatiles to the mammalian vomeronasal organ Suckling Puberty delay by a urinary cue from female house mice in feral populations 1979 By Dawn's Early Light: Matutinal Mating and Sex Attractants in a Neotropical Mantid Primate olfactory behavior Sex pheromone in the dog Trace chemicals: the essence of sexual communication systems in heliothis species 1978 European corn borer: pheromone polymorphism or sibling species? Chemoreceptors in lepidoptera: stereochemical differentiation of dual receptors for an achiral pheromone Competition Among Courting Male Moths: Male-to-Male Inhibitory Pheromone Chemical ecology: studies from East Africa Emission of maternal pheromone "Sex pheromone of the tsetse fly: isolation, identification, and synthesis of contact aphrodisiacs" Rhythms in pheromone production of the male boll weevil Pheromones "Schistosoma mansoni: identification of chemicals that attract or trap its snail vector, Biomphalaria glabrata" 1977 Disruption of sex pheromone communication in a nematode Herbivore-plant interactions: mixed-function oxidases and secondary plant substances Aggressive chemical mimicry by a bolas spider Controlling the pink bollworm by disrupting sex pheromone communication between adult moths "Bile, prolactin, and the maternal pheromone" Identification of the female Japanese beetle sex pheromone: inhibition of male response by an enantiomer "Sesquiterpene progenitor, germacrene A: an alarm pheromone in aphids" Reexamination of tetradecenyl acetates in oak leaf roller sex pheromone and in plants Sexual calling behavior in primitive ants Weaver ants: social establishment and maintenance of territory Pheromonally induced sexual maturation in females: regulation by the social environment of the male 1976 Gnathotrichus sulcatus: synergistic response to enantiomers of the aggregation pheromone sulcatol Methylation of selenium in the aquatic environment Insect phermones: diet related? Insect pheromone synthesis: new methodology Ant-aphid association: role of aphid alarm pheromone Dimethyl disulfide: an attractant pheromone in hamster vaginal secretion Dufour's gland: source of sex pheromone in a hymenopterous parasitoid Search for organic and volatile inorganic compounds in two surface samples from the chryse planitia region of Mars Trail marking by larvae of the eastern tent caterpillar Postmating female odor in Heliconius butterflies: a male-contributed antiaphrodisiac? Sex pheromone specificity in the pine sawflies: interchange of acid moieties in an ester "Recongition and sexual selection in Drosophila: classification, quantification, and identification" Reinvestigation of oak leaf roller sex pheromone components and the hypothesis that they vary with diet Selective production of cis- and trans-verbenol from (-)-and (+)-alpha by a bark beetle Western pine beetle: specificity among enantiomers of male and female components of an attractant pheromone 1975 Mass recruitment by army ants Changes in the intensity and pleasantness of human vaginal odors during the menstrual cycle Halogenated hydrocarbons in New Orleans drinking water and blood plasma Evidence for origin of insect sex pheromones: presence in food plants Anthopleurine: a sea anemone alarm pheromone Douglas-fir tussock moth: sex pheromone identification and synthesis Cyclopentyl ketones: identification and function in Azteca ants Enemy specification in the alarm-recruitment system of an ant Sex recognition in the crayfish Procambarus clarkii Sex pheromone of the oak leaf roller: a complex chemical messenger system identified by mass fragmentography Taste aversions to sexual attractants Strange females increase plasma testosterone levels in male mice Swarming behavior: evidence for communication in social wasps 1974 Mammalian pheromone: identification of active component in the subauricular scent of the male pronghorn Biological Responses of Atta texana to Its Alarm Pheromone and the Enantiomer of the Pheromone Identification of a ventral scent marking pheromone in the male Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) "Sex Pheromones: (E,E)-8,10-Dodecadien-1-ol in the Codling Moth" Pheromone-regulated anemotaxis in flying moths Sex pheromone of the codling moth Tandem calling: a new kind of signal in ant communication Sex pheromones and reproductive isolation of the lesser peachtree borer and the peachtree borer 1973 Clarification of the chemical status of the pink bollworm sex pheromone Odor-following and anemotaxis Insect sex pheromones: minor amount of opposite geometrical isomer critical to attraction Insect control (I): use of pheromones Alkylpyrazine alarm pheromones in ponerine ants Pheromone Concentration as a Mechanism for Reproductive Isolation between Two Lepidopterous Species Temperature sensitive programming of the silkmoth flight clock: a mechanism for adapting to the seasons 1972 "2,6-dichlorophenol, sex pheromone of the lone star tick" Gypsy moth control with the sex attractant pheromone "Aphid alarm pheromone: isolation, identification, synthesis" Chemical trail-following by flying insects: a mechanism for orientation to a distant odor source Sex pheromone of the codling moth: structure and synthesis Sex Pheromones of Summer Fruit Tortrix Moth Adoxophyes orana: Two Synergistic Isomers 1971 Control of agricultural pests "2,5-Dichlorophenol (from ingested herbicide?) in defensive secretion of grasshopper" Chemical communication and 'propaganda' in slave-maker ants Hydrocarbon sex pheromone in tiger moths (Arctiidae) Sex stimulant and attractant in the Indian meal moth and in the almond moth "Sex attractant pheromone of the house fly: isolation, identification and synthesis" "Sex Pheromone of the Almond Moth and the Indian Meal Moth: cis-9, trans-12-Tetradecadienyl Acetate" Pheromones: isolation of male sex attractants from a female primate Sex pheromone specificity and taxonomy of budworm moths (Choristoneura) Social insects 1970 Bark beetle pheromones Agricultural pest control and the environment Chemical defense of brood by a social wasp "Potent sex attractant of the gypsy moth: its isolation, identification, and synthesis" Pheromone transport and reception in an amphipod Sex attractant of the grass grub beetle "Sex pheromones of the southern armyworm moth: isolation, identification, and synthesis" Pyrolysis-hydrogen flame ionization detection of organic carbon in a lunar sample Sex pheromones: abolition of specificity in hybrid bark beetles 1969 Ant alarm pheromone activity: correlation with molecular shape by scanning computer Masking of the Aggregation Pheromone in Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopk Insect olfaction: deciphering system for chemical messages Pheromone-induced changes in the acidophil concentration of mouse pituitary glands "Western pine beetle: field response to its sex pheromone and a synergistic host terpene, myrcene" Synthetic Juvenile Hormone: Induction of Sex Pheromone Production in Ips confusus Sex pheromone of the pink bollworm moth: biological masking by its geometrical isomer Sexual pheromone in some fishes of the genus Hypsoblennius gill Sex pheromone of the queen butterfly: chemistry Pheromone response in pine bark beetles: influence of host volatiles Sex pheromone of the queen butterfly: biology Sex pheromone specificity: taxonomic and evolutionary aspects in lepidoptera Sex pheromone of the queen bufferfly: electroantennogram responses "Sex pheromones produced by male boll weevil: isolation, identification, and synthesis" Pest control 1968 L-Lactic acid: a mosquito attractant isolated from humans Air borne pheromones "Isolation of N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide (Deet) from Female Pink Bollworm Moths" Communication by chemical signals Alarm pheromone in the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris Brevicomin: principal sex attractant in the frass of the female western pine beetle Androgen control of territorial marking in the Mongolian gerbil Discrimination of the odor of stressed rats Estrus-inducing pheromone of male mice: transport by movement of air Sex attractant of sugar beet wireworm: identification and biological activity Response of Ips confusus to synthetic sex pheromones in nature 1967 "Chemical communication in social behavior of a fish, the yellow bullhead (Ictalurus natalis)" Trans-2-hexenal: mating stimulant for polyphemus moths Volatile principle from oak leaves: role in sex life of the polyphemus moth Sex attractant of the black carpet beetle 1966 Behavior of carbon dioxide and other volatiles on Mars Pheromone: evidence in a decapod crustacean 1965 Insect Mating Behavior: Endocrine Control of a Chemical Communication System Biochemical Polymorphism in Ants 1964 Inquiline Roach Responds to Trail-Marking Substance of Leaf-Cutting Ants 1960 Radiometric analysis of tritiated organic compounds by means of vapor phase chromatography