Steroid Hormone Signaling Is Essential for Pheromone Production and Oenocyte Survival.

Many of the lipids found on the cuticles of insects function as pheromones and communicate information about age, sex, and reproductive status. In Drosophila, the composition of the information-rich lipid profile is dynamic and changes over the lifetime of an individual. However, the molecular basis...

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Main Authors: Yin Ning Chiang, Kah Junn Tan, Henry Chung, Oksana Lavrynenko, Andrej Shevchenko, Joanne Y Yew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-06-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4917198?pdf=render