Sensing in Nature
Carlos López-Larrea
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| Dokumenttyp: | Book/Monograph |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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New York, NY
Springer US
2012
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| Schriftenreihe: | Advances in experimental medicine and biology
739 |
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Advances in experimental medicine and biology (739)
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-4614-1704-0 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1704-0 Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1704-0 Cover: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz36341293xcov.jpg 
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| Verfasserangaben: | edited by Carlos López-Larrea |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE; ABOUT THE EDITOR...; PARTICIPANTS; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1 THERMOSENSOR SY STEMSIN EUBACTERIA; INTRODUCTION; DNA ACTING AS THERMOSENSOR; DNA Supercoiling; Promoter-Curvature; Nucleoid-Associated Proteins; RNA ACTING AS THERMOSENSOR; RNA Thermometer and the HSR; RNA Thermometers and the CSR; RNA and the LTR; PROTEINS ACTING AS THERMOSENSOR; Protein Thermosensors and the HTR; Protein Thermosensors and the HSR; Protein Thermosensors and the LTR; Protein Thermosensors and the CSR; EVOLUTION OF THERMOSENSORS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCESCHAPTER 2 MOLECULAR PLANT VOLATILECOMMUNICATION; INTRODUCTION; ROLES OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANT-PLANT SIGNALLING; Above-Ground; The Ecology of Plant-Plant Signalling; The Chemistry of Plant-Plant Signalling; Priming; Within Plant Signalling; Below-Ground Signalling; SELF AND NONSELF RECOGNITION IN PLANTS; Self and Nonself Recognition Belowground; Self and Nonself Recognition Aboveground; Nonself Recognition by Parasitic Plants; CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 PRIMARY PROCESSES IN SENSORY CELLS: Current Advances; INTRODUCTION
- MECHANORECEPTORS-TUGGING AT ENIGMATIC CHANNELSPHOTOTRANSDUCTION-DYNAMIC SCAFFOLDS; TASTE TRANSDUCTION-GUSTATORY GENETICS; OLFACTORY TRANSDUCTION-COPING WITH FUZZY RECEPTORS; EVALUATING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS-MORE PRIMARYPROCESSES; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION IN INSECTS: The Peripheral Odour Coding System of Drosophila Melanogaster; INTRODUCTION; IN INSECTS OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS ARE HOUSEDIN OLFACTORY SENSILLA; THE CELLULAR BASIS OF OLFACTORY CODING: FUNCTIONALCLASSES OF OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS
- MOLECULAR BASIS OF ODOUR DETECTION: THE OR GENE FAMILYMapping Or Genes to ORNs and to Ligands; Or83b is Required for Localization of Other Or Proteins and as a Coreceptor; Or Genes in Other Insects; A Subset of Ors are Involved in Pheromone Detection; The Or Proteins Appear to be Directly Ligand-Gated Ion Channels; OTHER FAMILIES OF CHEMOSENSORY RECEPTORS IN DROSOPHILA; The Gr Genes Function in Multiple Chemosensory Modalities; The IR Gene Family is Expressed in Neurons of Coeloconic Sensilla; OBPs ARE SECRETED PROTEINS THAT MAYMODIFY LIGAND-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS
- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONSREFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 EUSOCIAL EVOLUTION AND THE RECOGNITIONSYSTEMS IN SOCIAL INSECTS; INTRODUCTION; RECOGNITION THEORY AND PHENOTYPE MATCHING; NEUTRAL SUBSTITUTION AND PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; THRESHOLD MODELS FOR EXPRESSION OF DISCRIMINATIONS; ANT CHEMISTRY; FORMICA ANTS; ARGENTINE ANTS; THE WESTERN HONEYBEE, APIS MELLIFERA; SOCIAL WASPS; TERMITES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES TO RECOGNITION STUDIES; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6 ODOR AND PHEROMONE SENSING VIACHEMORECEPTORS; INTRODUCTION; ODOR SENSING VIA THE MAIN OLFACTORY SYSTEM
- Olfactory Sensory Neurons and G-Protein Coupled Odorant Receptors