Chemical signaling

Female houseflies attract males by sending a chemical signal... 

Leukotrienes and Prostanoids. Arachidonic acid (AA) (213) and its metabohtes are iavolved ia cellular regulatory processes ia all three principal chemical signaling systems endocrine (see Hormones), immune, and neuronal (62). FoUowiag receptor activation or iacreased iatraceUular... 

R. A. Dolbeer and co-workers, iu R. L. Doty and D. MuUer-Schwarze, eds. Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, Plenum Press, New York, 1992, p. 323. 

Of the several classes of receptors for endogenous chemical signals [3], two are used as postsynaptic receptors in synaptic transmission ligand-gated ion channels (LGICs) and G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs Fig. 1). Due to the large number of transmitters and the existence of several receptor types for almost all, postsynaptic receptor activation is the most diversified step of synaptic transmission. Table 1 shows selected neurotransmitter receptors. 

Davies, W.J., Schurr, U., Taylor, G. Zhang, J. (1987). Hormones as chemical signals involved in root to shoot communication of effects of changes in the soil environment. In Hormone Action in Plant Development - A Critical Appraisal, ed. G.U. Hoad, M.B. Jackson, J.R. Lenton and R. Atkin, pp. 201-6. London Butterworths. 

The sensor is taken to be of the linear type, i.e., it transduces the incoming chemical information into electrical output according to the equation el.signal = constant + slope (chemical signal) without loss of clarity, the constant can be set to zero and the slope to 1.00. 

Francke W, Dettner K (2005) Chemical Signalling in Beetles. 240 85-166 Frey H, Schlenk C (2000) Silicon-Based Dendrimers. 210 69-129 FriJCid T, see MacGillivray LR (2004) 248 201-221... 

Moore WS (2000) Determining coastal mixing rates using radium isotopes. Cont Shelf Res 20 1995-2007 Moore WS, Shaw X J (1998) Chemical signals from submarine fluid advection onto the continental shelf J GeophysRes 103 21543-21552... 

Heterospecific chemical signalling appears in studies of the temporal segregation of closely related species. Odour exposure was most effective in the taxon with labile features to its activity rhythm. Friedman et al. (1997) found such interactions in Golden Spiny mice (Acomys russatus). Exposure to odours from A. cahirinus, a co-existing sympatric, forced A. russatus to be active at less preferred times. Food niche specialisation, as well as differential activity rhythms, apply to co-existing species with narrow (plant) preferences (Petter and Peyrieras, 1970). All three species of Bamboo lemur (Hapalemur) overlap in selection of their... 

Johnston J.W. Jr., Moulton D.G. and Turk A., eds. (1970). Advances in Chemoreception 1 Communication by Chemical Signals. Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, p. 412. 

Albone E. (1997). Mammalian semiochemistry chemical signaling between mammals. In Handbook of Biosensors and Electronic Noses (Kress-Rodgers E., ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 503-519. 

Beauchamp G.K., Martin I., Wysocki C.J. and Wellington J.L. (1983). The accessory olfactory system role in maintenance of chemoinvestigatory behavior. In Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 3 (Miiller-Schwarze D. and Silverstein R., eds.). Plenum, New York, pp. 73-86. 

Beynon R.J., Robertson D., Hubbard S., Gaskell S. and Hurst J. (1999). The role of protein binding in chemical communication, MUPs in the house mouse. In Advances in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (Johnston R.E., Miiller-Schwaize D. and Sorenson R, eds). Kluwer/Plenum, New York, pp. 137-147. 

Buglass A., Darling F. and Waterhouse J. (1990). Analysis of the anal sac secretion of the Hyaenidae. In Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 5 (MacDonald D Miiller-Sehwarze D. and Natynczuk S.E., eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 65-69. 

Dugmore S.J. (1984). Chemical Signalling Mechanisms in Juvenile and Adult Lemur Catta, L. Ph.D. Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University. 

Duvall D. (1981). Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) chemical signals, II a replication with naturally breeding adults and a test of the Cowles and Phelan hypothesis of rattlesnake olfaction. J Exp Zool 218, 351-361. 

Duvall D. (1986). A new question of pheromones Aspects of possible chemical signalling and reception in the mammal-like reptiles. In Ecology and Biology of Mammal-like Reptiles (Hotton N., et al., eds.). Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., pp. 219-238. 

Eisthen H.L., Wysocki C.J. and Beauchamp G.K. (1987). Behavioral responses of male guinea pigs to conspecific chemical signals following neonatal vomeronasal organ removal. Physiol Behav 41, 445-449. 

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