Term Information

Accession
GO:0042810
Name
pheromone metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
pheromone metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving pheromones, a substance that is secreted and released by an organism and detected by a second organism of the same or a closely related species, in which it causes a specific reaction, such as a definite behavioral reaction or a developmental process. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0042810 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_pir
Feedback
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Parents of pheromone metabolic process (GO:0042810)
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pheromone metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  secondary metabolic process (GO:0019748)
pheromone metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular metabolic process (GO:0044237)
pheromone metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  hormone metabolic process (GO:0042445)
Children of pheromone metabolic process (GO:0042810)
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pheromone catabolic process (GO:0042812) [is_a relation] is_a  pheromone metabolic process
pheromone biosynthetic process (GO:0042811) [is_a relation] is_a  pheromone metabolic process
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