About the Authors
- Fatma Kaplan
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Affiliation Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Jagan Srinivasan
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Affiliation Medical Institute and Biology Division, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
- Parag Mahanti
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Affiliation Boyce Thompson Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Ramadan Ajredini
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, High Magnetic Field Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Omer Durak
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Affiliation Medical Institute and Biology Division, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
- Rathika Nimalendran
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Affiliation Boyce Thompson Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Paul W. Sternberg
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Affiliation Medical Institute and Biology Division, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
- Peter E. A. Teal
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Affiliation Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Frank C. Schroeder
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Affiliation Boyce Thompson Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Arthur S. Edison
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, High Magnetic Field Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Hans T. Alborn
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* E-mail: hans.alborn@ars.usda.gov
Affiliation Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FK HTA JS PWS ASE FCS. Performed the experiments: FK HTA JS PM RA OD RN. Analyzed the data: FK JS HTA FCS ASE PEAT PWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASE FCS PWS HTA PEAT. Wrote the paper: FK JS HTA FCS ASE PEAT PWS. Collected nematode secretions in water or M9 buffer: FK RA RN. Collected nematode secretions in liquid culture: RA RN. Performed ascaroside extraction from nematodes: FK. Performed quantification of ascarosides by LC-MS: FK HTA. Designed the biological experiments: JS PWS. Performed all the biological experiments: JS OMD. Synthesized ascr#1, ascr#2, ascr#3, ascr#4 and ascr#8: FCS PM.