Phenylacetonitrile in locusts facilitates an antipredator defense by acting as an olfactory aposematic signal and cyanide precursor

Volatile secondary metabolites as aposematic olfactory signals and defensive weapons in aquatic environments

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Storage and release of hydrogen cyanide in a chelicerate (Oribatula tibialis)

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Discovery and molecular and biocatalytic properties of hydroxynitrile lyase from an invasive millipede,Chamberlinius hualienensis

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Cyanogenic Glycosides: Synthesis, Physiology, and Phenotypic Plasticity

(2014) Roslyn M. Gleadow et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Herbivore-induced poplar cytochrome P450 enzymes of the CYP71 family convert aldoximes to nitriles which repel a generalist caterpillar

(2014) Sandra Irmisch et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Identification and characterization of CYP79D16 and CYP71AN24 catalyzing the first and second steps in l-phenylalanine-derived cyanogenic glycoside biosynthesis in the Japanese apricot, Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.

(2014) Takuya Yamaguchi et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The locust genome provides insight into swarm formation and long-distance flight

(2014) Xianhui Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Herbivore-induced phenylacetonitrile is biosynthesized from de novo-synthesizedl-phenylalanine in the giant knotweed,Fallopia sachalinensis

(2013) Koji Noge et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Two Herbivore-Induced Cytochrome P450 Enzymes CYP79D6 and CYP79D7 Catalyze the Formation of Volatile Aldoximes Involved in Poplar Defense

(2013) S. Irmisch et al.   PLANT CELL

Altered Immunity in Crowded Locust Reduced Fungal (Metarhizium anisopliae) Pathogenesis

(2013) Yundan Wang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

De Novo Analysis of Transcriptome Dynamics in the Migratory Locust during the Development of Phase Traits

(2010) Shuang Chen et al.   PLoS One

Cyanogenesis in plants and arthropods

(2008) Mika Zagrobelny et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Warning displays may function as honest signals of toxicity

(2008) J. D Blount et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES