Biosynthesis of the Caenorhabditis elegans dauer pheromone

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1875-1879

  Butcher, Rebecca A ^a   Ragains, Justin R ^a   Li, Weiqing ^b   Ruvkun, Gary ^c   Clardy, Jon ^a   Ho, Yi Mak ^d,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascaroside; daf 22; dhs 28

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN SCPX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHEROMONES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 60549101499     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810338106     Document Type: Article

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