Effects of a Caenorhabditis elegans dauer pheromone ascaroside on physiology and signal transduction pathways

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 272-279

  Gallo, Marco ^a   Riddle, Donald L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASI neurons; ASJ neurons; Caenorhabditis elegans; DAF 16. Dauer; Dauer pheromone; Daumone; Gene expression; Insulin signaling; Physiology; TGF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NEMATODE; PHEROMONE; SIGNAL; TOXICITY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DAF 16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DAF-16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DAUMONE, C ELEGANS; FATTY ACID; PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; PHEROMONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 67449139020     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9599-3     Document Type: Article

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