A sex pheromone, protoplast release-inducing protein (PR-IP) inducer, induces sexual cell division and production of PR-IP in closterium

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1472-1476

  Tsuchikane, Yuki ^a   Fujii, Tadashi ^b   Ito, Motomi ^a   Sekimoto, Hiroyuki ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Closterium; Conjugation; Pheromone; Sexual cell division; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

19 KSU PROTEIN, CLOSTERIUM PERACEROSUM; 19-KSU PROTEIN, CLOSTERIUM PERACEROSUM; SEX PHEROMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ALGAE; CELL DIVISION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; PLANT PROTEINS; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

CLOSTERIUM; CLOSTERIUM PERACEROSUM;

EID: 26444449894     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci158     Document Type: Article

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