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Biosynthesis and release of pheromonal bile salts in mature male sea lamprey

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Molecular and Cell Biology, November 2013
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Title
Biosynthesis and release of pheromonal bile salts in mature male sea lamprey
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BMC Molecular and Cell Biology, November 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2091-14-30
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Cory O Brant, Yu-Wen Chung-Davidson, Ke Li, Anne M Scott, Weiming Li

Abstract

In vertebrates, bile salts are primarily synthesized in the liver and secreted into the intestine where they aid in absorption of dietary fats. Small amounts of bile salts that are not reabsorbed into enterohepatic circulation are excreted with waste. In sexually mature male sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus L.) a bile salt is released in large amounts across gill epithelia into water where it functions as a pheromone. We postulate that the release of this pheromone is associated with a dramatic increase in its biosynthesis and transport to the gills upon sexual maturation.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 26 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 15%
Student > Bachelor 3 12%
Student > Master 3 12%
Librarian 1 4%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 8 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 38%
Environmental Science 3 12%
Neuroscience 2 8%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 4%
Unknown 10 38%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 December 2013.
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#16,580,596
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#734
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#15
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