Pheromones of the ciliate Euplotes octocarinatus not only induce conjugation but also function as chemoattractants

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-48

  Kuhlmann, Hans Werner ^a   Brünen Nieweler, Claudia ^a   Heckmann, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; PHEROMONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CROSS BREEDING; EUPLOTES; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; CROSSES, GENETIC; EUPLOTES; PHEROMONES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 1842331536     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19970101)277:1<38::AID-JEZ4>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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