Example sentences for: pheromone

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  • In the model for the pheromone response network, NetSearch inserted Akr1p, a known inhibitor of the pheromone pathway [ 15 ] , between Ste3p and the G protein complex (Ste4p/Ste18p/Gpa1p).

  • In addition to accurately depicting the MAPK cascade, our predicted pheromone response network identifies many proteins necessary to execute the coordinated processes of growth polarization and cell cycle arrest, and reflects the complex topology of the interaction network.

  • Females lack an estrous cycle and anestrous adults are dependent upon direct contact with a non-volatile male pheromone for induction of estrus [ 8 ] . Hormonal control of scentmarking and sexual behavior of this species (hereinafter, opossum) has been described in some detail [ 9 10 ] . Estrus is induced when females nuzzle scentmarks from the androgen-dependent suprasternal (chest) gland [ 10 11 ] . Nuzzling delivers nonvolatile chemical signals to the vomeronasal organ (VNO) [ 12 ] and surgical removal of the VNO prevents induction of estrus by scentmarks alone [ 13 ] , although cautery ablation of the VNO fails to prevent ovarian activation and ovulation in females that are caged with adult males [ 14 ] . While anestrous adults are reliant on male pheromone for reproductive activation, spontaneous postlactational estrus occurs in the absence of direct contact with male pheromone [ 15 ] .

  • Of the three network models, the one generated for the pheromone response pathway originating at Ste3p (Fig.

  • 150 days - the recognized age for first use in routine breeding and litter production, i.e. the age at which most females will respond to male pheromone with expression of estrus


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