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