... responses to chemical cues are poorly understood. Here, we investigate the physiological response of fish to an unpalatable compound, formoside, which is employed as a chemical defense by marine sponges. Construction of fluorescent probe derivatives of formoside allowed visualization of this chemical...

... Ache   B. W. , Young   J. M. ( 2005 ). Olfaction: diverse species, conserved principles . Neuron   48 , 417 - 430 . Aggio   J. F. , Derby   C. D. ( 2008 ). Hydrogen peroxide and other components in the ink of sea hares are chemical defenses against predatory spiny lobsters acting...

... be reconstituted in a heterologous expression system to ultimately facilitate investigation of the molecular mechanism of such an aversive behavioral response. Zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) rejected artificial diets laced with sponge chemical defense compounds that were previously shown to deter a generalist marine...

...Paul M. Johnson; Cynthia E. Kicklighter; Manfred Schmidt; Michiya Kamio; Hsiuchin Yang; Dimitry Elkin; William C. Michel; Phang C. Tai; Charles D. Derby SUMMARY Sea hares protect themselves from predatory attacks with several modes of chemical defenses. One of these is inking, which is an active...

... University, Atlanta, GA 30302-4010, USA (e-mail: cderby@gsu.edu ) * These authors contributed equally to this work 13 7 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 toxin chemical defense flavin gastropod inking Opisthobranchia Several proteins isolated from...

... of Biologists Limited 1998 chemical defense anti-feedant phycoerythrobilin pigments ink Rhodophyta red algae rhodoplasts opisthobranch mollusc Aplysia californica Many animals – especially invertebrates – secrete secondary plant products or compounds of their own manufacture...

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