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  2011 Nov 30  

Binding properties of pheromone-binding protein 1 from the common cutworm Spodoptera litura.

Liu NY, He P, Dong SL

Pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs) were formerly thought to act as passive pheromone carriers. However, recent studies, particularly in Drosophila mela... Read More

Source: PubMed

Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao    

[Quorum sensing in class II bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria and its application--a review].

Zhang X, Li P

College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China. zxmwshw@soho.com

Quorum sensing (QS) refers to the behavior of microorganisms to control gene expression through detection the concentration of certain signal molecule... Read More

Source: PubMed

Methods Cell Biol.    

Methods for Evaluating the Caenorhabditis elegans Dauer State: Standard Dauer-Formation Assay Using Synthetic Daumones and Proteomic Analysis of O-GlcNAc Modifications.

Lee J, Kim KY, Joo HJ, Kim H, Jeong PY, Paik YK

Yonsei Proteome Research Center, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Science, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, World Class University Program, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

The dauer state is a non-feeding, alternative L3 state characterized by a number of distinctive metabolic and morphological changes. There are many na... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 23  

Expression of a desaturase gene, desat1, in neural and nonneural tissues separately affects perception and emission of sex pheromones in Drosophila.

Bousquet F, Nojima T, Houot B, Chauvel I, Chaudy S, Dupas S, Yamamoto D, Ferveur JF

Centre des Sciences du Goűt et de l'Alimentation, Unité Mixte de Recherche 6265-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche1324-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Bourgogne, F-21000 Dijon, France.

Animals often use sex pheromones for mate choice and reproduction. As for other signals, the genetic control of the emission and perception of sex phe... Read More

Source: PubMed

J. Chromatogr. B Analyt. Technol. Biomed. Life Sci.    

Multiplex quantification of lamprey specific bile acid derivatives in environmental water using UHPLC-MS/MS.

Li K, Wang H, Brant CO, Ahn S, Li W

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States.

Larval and adult sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) release bile salts and acids into the surrounding aquatic environment. Some of these bile salts and... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 18  

Higher brain centers for social tasks in worker ants, camponotus japonicus.

Nishikawa M, Watanabe H, Yokohari F

Department of Earth System Science, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan. michiko@fukuoka-u.ac.jp.

Ants, eusocial insects, have highly elaborate chemical communication systems using a wide variety of pheromones. In the carpenter ant, Camponotus japo... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 12  

Crystal Structure of Sol i 2: A Major Allergen from Fire Ant Venom.

Borer AS, Wassmann P, Schmidt M, Hoffman DR, Zhou JJ, Wright C, Schirmer T, Markovic-Housley Z

Department of Structural Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.

Sol i 2 is a potent allergen from the venom of red imported fire ant, which contains allergens Sol i 1, Sol i 2, Sol i 3, and Sol i 4 that are known t... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Oct 25  

Tergal glands in termite soldiers of the subfamily Syntermitinae (Isoptera: Termitidae).

Costa-Leonardo AM, Haifig I, Laranjo LT

Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biocięncias, Univ Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Av. 24A, No. 1515, Bela Vista, Caixa Postal 199, CEP 13506-900, Rio Claro - SP, Brazil.

The subfamily Syntermitinae comprises 14 genera of termites that are exclusively neotropical. The present study reports morphological data about mandi... Read More

Source: PubMed

J. Chem. Ecol.    

Cooperation, conflict, and the evolution of queen pheromones.

Kocher SD, Grozinger CM

Department of Entomology, Center for Pollinator Research, Center for Chemical Ecology, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA, skocher@gmail.com.

While chemical communication regulates individual behavior in a wide variety of species, these communication systems are most elaborated in insect soc... Read More

Source: PubMed

J. Chem. Ecol.    

A rapid, sensitive, and selective method for quantitation of lamprey migratory pheromones in river water.

Stewart M, Baker CF, Cooney T

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Hamilton, New Zealand, m.stewart@niwa.co.nz.

The methodology of using fish pheromones, or chemical signatures, as a tool to monitor or manage species of fish is rapidly gaining popularity. Unequi... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 30  

Binding properties of pheromone-binding protein 1 from the common cutworm Spodoptera litura.

Liu NY, He P, Dong SL

Pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs) were formerly thought to act as passive pheromone carriers. However, recent studies, particularly in Drosophila mela... Read More

Source: PubMed

Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao    

[Quorum sensing in class II bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria and its application--a review].

Zhang X, Li P

College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China. zxmwshw@soho.com

Quorum sensing (QS) refers to the behavior of microorganisms to control gene expression through detection the concentration of certain signal molecule... Read More

Source: PubMed

Methods Cell Biol.    

Methods for Evaluating the Caenorhabditis elegans Dauer State: Standard Dauer-Formation Assay Using Synthetic Daumones and Proteomic Analysis of O-GlcNAc Modifications.

Lee J, Kim KY, Joo HJ, Kim H, Jeong PY, Paik YK

Yonsei Proteome Research Center, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Science, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, World Class University Program, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

The dauer state is a non-feeding, alternative L3 state characterized by a number of distinctive metabolic and morphological changes. There are many na... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 23  

Expression of a desaturase gene, desat1, in neural and nonneural tissues separately affects perception and emission of sex pheromones in Drosophila.

Bousquet F, Nojima T, Houot B, Chauvel I, Chaudy S, Dupas S, Yamamoto D, Ferveur JF

Centre des Sciences du Goűt et de l'Alimentation, Unité Mixte de Recherche 6265-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche1324-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Bourgogne, F-21000 Dijon, France.

Animals often use sex pheromones for mate choice and reproduction. As for other signals, the genetic control of the emission and perception of sex phe... Read More

Source: PubMed

J. Chromatogr. B Analyt. Technol. Biomed. Life Sci.    

Multiplex quantification of lamprey specific bile acid derivatives in environmental water using UHPLC-MS/MS.

Li K, Wang H, Brant CO, Ahn S, Li W

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States.

Larval and adult sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) release bile salts and acids into the surrounding aquatic environment. Some of these bile salts and... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 18  

Higher brain centers for social tasks in worker ants, camponotus japonicus.

Nishikawa M, Watanabe H, Yokohari F

Department of Earth System Science, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan. michiko@fukuoka-u.ac.jp.

Ants, eusocial insects, have highly elaborate chemical communication systems using a wide variety of pheromones. In the carpenter ant, Camponotus japo... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 12  

Crystal Structure of Sol i 2: A Major Allergen from Fire Ant Venom.

Borer AS, Wassmann P, Schmidt M, Hoffman DR, Zhou JJ, Wright C, Schirmer T, Markovic-Housley Z

Department of Structural Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.

Sol i 2 is a potent allergen from the venom of red imported fire ant, which contains allergens Sol i 1, Sol i 2, Sol i 3, and Sol i 4 that are known t... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Oct 25  

Tergal glands in termite soldiers of the subfamily Syntermitinae (Isoptera: Termitidae).

Costa-Leonardo AM, Haifig I, Laranjo LT

Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biocięncias, Univ Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Av. 24A, No. 1515, Bela Vista, Caixa Postal 199, CEP 13506-900, Rio Claro - SP, Brazil.

The subfamily Syntermitinae comprises 14 genera of termites that are exclusively neotropical. The present study reports morphological data about mandi... Read More

Source: PubMed

J. Chem. Ecol.    

Cooperation, conflict, and the evolution of queen pheromones.

Kocher SD, Grozinger CM

Department of Entomology, Center for Pollinator Research, Center for Chemical Ecology, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA, skocher@gmail.com.

While chemical communication regulates individual behavior in a wide variety of species, these communication systems are most elaborated in insect soc... Read More

Source: PubMed

J. Chem. Ecol.    

A rapid, sensitive, and selective method for quantitation of lamprey migratory pheromones in river water.

Stewart M, Baker CF, Cooney T

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Hamilton, New Zealand, m.stewart@niwa.co.nz.

The methodology of using fish pheromones, or chemical signatures, as a tool to monitor or manage species of fish is rapidly gaining popularity. Unequi... Read More

Source: PubMed


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