Behavioural genetics: worms seek that old beetle smell.
Some nematodes eavesdrop on pheromonal signals to sniff out their elderly beetle hosts. This turns out to be yet another behaviour regulated by cGMP/PKG signalling.
Sokolowski
Marla B
MB
Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga Ontario, L5L 1C6, Canada. marla.sokolowski@utoronto.ca
Fitzpatrick
Mark J
MJ
D000818:Animals; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009348:Nematoda / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D010675:Pheromones / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000502:physiology*
D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D010675:Pheromones; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; C470349:EGL-4 protein, C elegans; D006152:Cyclic GMP