@article {338, title = {De Novo terpenoid biosynthesis by the dendronotid nudibranch Melibe leonina}, journal = {Chemoecology}, volume = {12}, number = {4}, year = {2002}, note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 635GATimes Cited: 6Cited Reference Count: 23}, pages = {199-202}, type = {Article}, abstract = {Stable isotope feeding studies using [1,2-C-13(2)]-sodium acetate have demonstrated that 2,6-dimetbyl-5-heptenal (1), a putative defensive allomone, is made by the Dendronotid nudibranch Melibe leonina via de novo biosynthesis.}, keywords = {biosynthesis, CADLINA-LUTEOMARGINATA, chemical, CHEMICAL DEFENSE, defense nudibranch, DORID-NUDIBRANCHS, ECOLOGY, ISOTOPE INCORPORATION EVIDENCE, OPISTHOBRANCH MOLLUSK, ORIGIN, terpenoid, TRIOPHAMINE}, isbn = {0937-7409}, url = {://000180389600006}, author = {Barsby, T. and Linington, R. G. and Andersen, R. J.} } @article {4589, title = {Evidence for de novo biosynthesis of the polyketide fragment of diaulusterol a by the northeastern Pacific Dorid nudibranch Diaulula sandiegensis}, journal = {Journal of Natural Products}, volume = {62}, number = {5}, year = {1999}, note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 201YPTimes Cited: 2Cited Reference Count: 16}, month = {May}, pages = {777-779}, type = {Article}, abstract = {Stable isotope incorporation experiments using sodium [1,2-C-13(2)]acetate have demonstrated that the 3-hydroxybutyrate substituent of diaulusterol A (1) is biosynthesized de novo by the dorid nudibranch Diaulula sandiegensis. There was no evidence for acetate incorporation into the steroid portion of 1, nor were radiolabeled mevalonate or cholesterol incorporated.}, keywords = {DEFENSE, ISOTOPE INCORPORATION EVIDENCE, MARINE MOLLUSKS, TRIOPHAMINE}, isbn = {0163-3864}, url = {://000080625100030}, author = {Kubanek, J. and Andersen, R. J.} }