A Modular Library of Small Molecule Signals Regulates Social Behaviors in Caenorhabditis elegans

Comparative metabolomics reveals a modular library of small molecule signals that function as aggregation pheromones in the nematode C. elegans.

• Publication year

  2012

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  PLoS Biology

• Publication date

  2012-01-01

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  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001237PMID 22253572PMCID 3254649
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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