From the cell surface to the genome

(Vardi 2008; Barlow, Laishram et al. 2010; Lim and Pawson 2010; Leeder, Palma-Guerrero et al. 2011)

 

“Quorum” signals in multicellular microbial communities

 

(Miller and Bassler 2001; Zhang, Pappas et al. 2002; Wang, Hashimoto et al. 2005; Spoering and Gilmore 2006; Walters, Sircili et al. 2006; Kolodkin-Gal, Hazan et al. 2007; Sanchez-Contreras, Bauer et al. 2007; Irie and Parsek 2008; Nadell, Xavier et al. 2008; Pontes, Babst et al. 2008; Ward, Sumpter et al. 2008; Cao, Yang et al. 2009; Czajkowski and Jafra 2009; Hlavacek, Kucerova et al. 2009; Ng and Bassler 2009; Sumpter and Pratt 2009; Antunes, Ferreira et al. 2010; Geng and Belas 2010; Rahman, Dusane et al. 2010; Tiaden, Spirig et al. 2010; Antunes, Davies et al. 2011; Berger, Neumann et al. 2011; Kamatkar and Shrout 2011; Smith, Fratamico et al. 2011; Soares and Ahmer 2011; Tsao, Wang et al. 2011; Weber and Buceta 2011; Xavier 2011)

 

Polysaccharide signaling

 

(Fisher and Long 1992; Bonfante 2003; Brencic and Winans 2005; McDowell and Simon 2008; Rudrappa, Biedrzycki et al. 2008; Bonfante and Anca 2009; De Hoff, Brill et al. 2009; Ortiz-Castro, Contreras-Cornejo et al. 2009; Sato, St-Pierre et al. 2009; Downie 2010; Cerliani, Stowell et al. 2011)

 

Developmental and alarm signals in plants

 

(Fisher and Long 1992; Winans 1992; Pontier, Balague et al. 1998; Beguiristain, Grandbastien et al. 2001; Dicke, Agrawal et al. 2003; Kovalchuk, Kovalchuk et al. 2003; Dong 2004; Filkowski, Yeoman et al. 2004; Abramovitch, Anderson et al. 2006; Brenner, Stahlberg et al. 2006; Mishra, Tuteja et al. 2006; Afzal, Wood et al. 2008; Chinnusamy, Gong et al. 2008; Halitschke, Stenberg et al. 2008; De Hoff, Brill et al. 2009; Franklin 2009; Rasmann and Agrawal 2009; Ruiz-Ferrer and Voinnet 2009; Unsicker, Kunert et al. 2009; Cahill, McNickle et al. 2010; Melcher, Zhou et al. 2010; Chanda, Xia et al. 2011)

 

Hormones

 

(Ringold 1983; Truss, Chalepakis et al. 1992; Lee, Reddy et al. 1995; Lanz, McKenna et al. 1999; Bird and Koltai 2000; Remacle-Bonnet, Garrouste et al. 2000; Linseman, McClure et al. 2002; Linseman, Phelps et al. 2002; Szyf, Weaver et al. 2005; Emlen, Szafran et al. 2006; Olinski, Lundin et al. 2006; Hernandez-Sanchez, Mansilla et al. 2008; Kim, Kondo et al. 2009; Weaver 2009; Wu and Zhang 2009; Boucher, Macotela et al. 2010; Barrett, Wang et al. 2011; John, Sabo et al. 2011; Mahbub, Haque et al. 2011)

 

Mating Pheromones

 

(Hartwell 1980; Van Arsdell, Stetler et al. 1987; Bender and Sprague 1989; Jackson and Hartwell 1990; Nomoto, Nakayama et al. 1990; Jackson, Konopka et al. 1991; Marsh, Neiman et al. 1991; Reed 1991; Song, Dolan et al. 1991; Dohlman, Goldsmith et al. 1993; Kirkman-Correia, Stroke et al. 1993; Chenevert, Valtz et al. 1994; Dorer, Pryciak et al. 1994; Dorer, Pryciak et al. 1995; Dolan 1996; Ke, Irwin et al. 1997; Tedford, Kim et al. 1997; van Drogen, Stucke et al. 2001; Baker 2002; Dohlman 2002; Roelofs, Liu et al. 2002; Wang and Dohlman 2002; Zhang, Pappas et al. 2002; Hallmann 2003; Naider and Becker 2004; Symonds and Elgar 2004; Wang and Dohlman 2004; Bardwell 2005; Symonds and Wertheim 2005; Bhattacharyya, Remenyi et al. 2006; Dohlman and Slessareva 2006; Esch, Wang et al. 2006; Kozlowicz, Dworkin et al. 2006; Kozlowicz, Shi et al. 2006; Wang and Dohlman 2006; Clewell 2007; Dunny 2007; Frydlova, Basler et al. 2007; Maeder, Hink et al. 2007; Moore, Chou et al. 2008; Sahni, Yi et al. 2009; Blomquist, Figueroa-Teran et al. 2010; Bloomfield, Skelton et al. 2010; Devier, Aguileta et al. 2010; Raudaskoski and Kothe 2010; Bloomfield 2011; Fujii, Ito et al. 2011; McGrath, Xu et al. 2011; Rooney 2011)

 

Cytokines and lymphokines

 

(Wang, Steelman et al. 1997; Gebhardt, Burger et al. 2000; Gebhardt, Burger et al. 2000; Sotsios and Ward 2000; Curnock, Logan et al. 2002; Danielsen and Maihle 2002; Moustakas, Pardali et al. 2002; Lin, Smith et al. 2003; Lutfalla, Roest Crollius et al. 2003; Bodian, Leung et al. 2004; Muller, Wiens et al. 2004; Janes, Albeck et al. 2005; Docherty, O'Sullivan et al. 2006; Adamska, Degnan et al. 2007; Pardali and Moustakas 2007; Song 2007; Gregory and Maizels 2008; King 2008; Monnier and Samson 2008; O'Hayre, Salanga et al. 2008; Spiegel, Kalinkovich et al. 2008; Deng and Chai 2009; Holoch and Griffith 2009; Huminiecki 2009; Ramanathan, Gagnon et al. 2009; Schutze and Schneider-Brachert 2009; Stow, Low et al. 2009; Laisney, Braasch et al. 2010; Silva 2010; Avraham and Yarden 2011; Canaani, Kollet et al. 2011; Carmeliet and Jain 2011; Cerliani, Stowell et al. 2011; Cooper, Mayer-Barber et al. 2011; Cyktor and Turner 2011; Duitman, Orinska et al. 2011; Fresno, Alvarez et al. 2011; Funck-Brentano and Cohen-Solal 2011; Klein, Seckinger et al. 2011; Klotz, Ziegler et al. 2011; Lacy and Stow 2011; Lin and Soderhall 2011; Lombardero, Kovacs et al. 2011; Mahbub, Haque et al. 2011; Mantovani, Cassatella et al. 2011; Moore, Bellomo et al. 2011; Morrison, Ballantyne et al. 2011; Niu, Wang et al. 2011; Redford, Murray et al. 2011; Saggini, Maccauro et al. 2011; Santibanez, Quintanilla et al. 2011; Santos and Costa-Pereira 2011; Segatto, Anastasi et al. 2011; Singh, Lillard et al. 2011; Sprent and Surh 2011; Vigliano, Fusco et al. 2011; Willinger, Rongvaux et al. 2011; Zygmunt and Veldhoen 2011)

G protein coupled receptors

(Linder and Gilman 1992; Overton and Blumer 2000; Dohlman 2002; Naider and Becker 2004; Koelle 2006; Slessareva and Dohlman 2006; Wang and Dohlman 2006; Shi, Kaminskyj et al. 2007; Vartak and Bastiaens 2010; Rondard, Goudet et al. 2011)

Second messengers

(Editorial 1971; Nathanson and Greengard 1977; Ashcroft 1997; D'Argenio and Miller 2004; Springett, Kawasaki et al. 2004; Guse 2005; Kuhn, Heiner et al. 2005; Martelli, Follo et al. 2005; Santella 2005; Xu, Charles et al. 2005; Boneh 2006; Borodinsky and Spitzer 2006; Endo 2006; Falasca and Maffucci 2006; Romling and Amikam 2006; Zaccolo, Di Benedetto et al. 2006; Martelli, Cocco et al. 2007; Tamayo, Pratt et al. 2007; Won, Singh et al. 2007; Guse 2008; Liang, Sultan et al. 2008; Melendez and Tay 2008; De Lay and Gottesman 2009; Kulshina, Baird et al. 2009; Pesavento and Hengge 2009; Gao, Zhang et al. 2011; Mills, Pultz et al. 2011; Smith and Strobel 2011)

Signal transduction and Map kinase cascades

(Madhani, Styles et al. 1997; Tedford, Kim et al. 1997; Gustin, Albertyn et al. 1998; Lee and Elion 1999; Conte and Curcio 2000; Stone, Heun et al. 2000; van Drogen and Peter 2001; van Drogen, Stucke et al. 2001; Dent, Yacoub et al. 2003; Kusari, Molina et al. 2004; Schwartz and Madhani 2004; Qi and Elion 2005; Remenyi, Good et al. 2005; Bhattacharyya, Remenyi et al. 2006; Mishra, Tuteja et al. 2006; Chen and Thorner 2007; Maeder, Hink et al. 2007; Paliwal, Iglesias et al. 2007; Prinz, Aldridge et al. 2007; Qiao, Nachbar et al. 2007; Schwacke and Voit 2007; Good, Tang et al. 2009; Hu, Rappel et al. 2009; Kholodenko and Birtwistle 2009; Burg and Takken 2010; Chavel, Dionne et al. 2010; Lim and Pawson 2010; Waltermann and Klipp 2010; Cote, Sulea et al. 2011; Good, Zalatan et al. 2011; Takekawa, Kubota et al. 2011)

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