A wax ester promotes collective host finding in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus.
Penkov S, Ogawa A, Schmidt U, Tate D, Zagoriy V, Boland S, Gruner M, Vorkel D, Verbavatz JM, Sommer RJ, Knölker HJ, Kurzchalia TV.
Penkov S, et al.
Nat Chem Biol. 2014 Apr;10(4):281-5. doi: 10.1038/nchembio.1460. Epub 2014 Mar 2.
Nat Chem Biol. 2014.
PMID: 24584102
As a new strategy for collective host finding in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus, dauer larvae synthesize an extremely long-chain polyunsaturated wax ester (nematoil) that covers the surface of the animal. The oily coat promotes congregation of up to one thousand indiv …
As a new strategy for collective host finding in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus, dauer larvae synthesize an extremely long-chain polyun …