Publicaties
Frog nuptial pads secrete mating season-specific proteins related to salamander pheromones KU Leuven Universiteit Gent Universiteit Antwerpen
Frog nuptial pads secrete mating season-specific proteins related to salamander pheromones KU Leuven
Divergence of species-specific protein sex pheromone blends in two related, nonhybridizing newts (Salamandridae) Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Side-by-side secretion of Late Palaeozoic diverged courtship pheromones in an aquatic salamander Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Side-by-side secretion of Late Palaeozoic diverged courtship pheromones in an aquatic salamander KU Leuven
Beyond sodefrin: evidence for a multi-component pheromone system in the model newt Cynops pyrrhogaster (Salamandridae). Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Peptide signal molecules and bacteriocins in Gram-negative bacteria Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Quorum sensing (QS) in Gram-negative bacteria is generally assumed to be mediated by N-acyl-homoserine lactone molecules while Gram-positive bacteria make use of signaling peptides. We analyzed the occurrence in Gram-negative bacteria of peptides and transporters that are involved in quorum sensing in Gram-positive bacteria. Many class II bacteriocins and inducing factors produced by lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and competence stimulating ...
Exaptation as a Mechanism for Functional Reinforcement of an Animal Pheromone System Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Animal sex pheromone systems often exist as multicomponent signals [1–11] to which chemical cues have been added over evolutionary time. Little is known on why and how additional molecules become recruited and conserved in an already functional pheromone system. Here, we investigated the evolutionary trajectory of a series of 15 kDa proteins—termed persuasins—that were co-opted more recently alongside the ancient sodefrin precursor-like ...
Love bites: male frogs (Plectrohyla, Hylidae) use teeth scratching to deliver sodefrin precursor-like factors to females during amplexus Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
BACKGROUND: Efficient transfer of chemical signals is important for successful mating in many animal species. Multiple evolutionary lineages of animals evolved direct sex pheromone transmission during traumatic mating-the wounding of the partner with specialized devices-which helps to avoid signal loss to the environment. Although such direct transmission modes of so-called allohormone pheromones are well-documented in invertebrates, they are ...