Developmentally and environmentally regulated expression of gamone 1: The trigger molecule for sexual reproduction in Blepharisma japonicum

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2735-2741

  Sugiura, Mayumi ^a   Kawahara, Seiko ^a   Iio, Hideo ^b   Harumoto, Terue ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cell interaction; Ciliate pheromones; Differentiation; Gene regulation; Mating types; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLYCOPROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BLEPHARISMA JAPONICUM; CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 21644488329     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02359     Document Type: Article

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