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Back Cover: Metabolomics Enables the Structure Elucidation of a Diatom Sex Pheromone (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 3/2013)
Author(s) -
Gillard Jeroen,
Frenkel Johannes,
Devos Valerie,
Sabbe Koen,
Paul Carsten,
Rempt Martin,
Inzé Dirk,
Pohnert Georg,
Vuylsteke Marnik,
Vyverman Wim
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201209860
Subject(s) - diatom , pheromone , sex pheromone , cover (algebra) , mating , sexual reproduction , biology , botany , zoology , engineering , mechanical engineering
Asexual division of the diatom Seminavis robusta (see picture) results in size reduction owing to the restriction of the biomineralized cell wall. Below a critical size, diatoms must find a suitable partner for mating and sexual reproduction. In their Communication on page 854 ff., G. Pohnert et al. describe metabolomic studies in which L ‐diproline was identified as the first diatom pheromone.