A sex-inducing pheromone triggers cell cycle arrest and mate attraction in the diatom Seminavis robusta

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Moeys, Sara ^a,b   Frenkel, Johannes ^c   Lembke, Christine ^c   Gillard, Jeroen T F ^a,d   Devos, Valerie ^a,b   Van Den Berge, Koen ^a   Bouillon, Barbara ^a,b   Huysman, Marie J J ^a,b   De Decker, Sam ^a   Scharf, Julia ^c   Bones, Atle ^e   Brembu, Tore ^e   Winge, Per ^e   Sabbe, Koen ^a   Vuylsteke, Marnik ^a,b   Clement, Lieven ^a   De Veylder, Lieven ^a,b   Pohnert, Georg ^c   Vyverman, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROLINE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; DIATOM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; MITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; DIATOMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MEIOSIS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; MITOSIS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PROLINE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84955102551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19252     Document Type: Article

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