Small-molecule pheromones that control dauer development in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 420-422

  Butcher, Rebecca A ^a   Fujita, Masaki ^a   Schroeder, Frank C ^a   Clardy, Jon ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH REGULATION; LARVA; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 34250760886     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2007.3     Document Type: Article

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