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Comparative metabolomics reveals biogenesis of ascarosides, a modular library of small-molecule signals in C. elegans.
Journal of the American Chemical Society - 25 Jan 2012
von Reuss Stephan H, Bose Neelanjan, Srinivasan Jagan, Yim Joshua J, Judkins Joshua C, Sternberg Paul W, Schroeder Frank C
Abstract excerpt
In the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, a family of endogenous small molecules, the ascarosides function as key regulators of developmental timing and behavior that act upstream of conserved signaling pathways. The ascarosides are based on the dideoxysugar ascarylose, which is linked to fatty-acid-like side chains of varying lengths derived from peroxisomal β-oxidation. Despite the importance of ascarosides...
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