Physiological characterization of the sex pheromone protoplast-release- inducing protein from the Closterium peracerosum-strigosum-littorale complex (Charophyta)

Phycological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-121

  Akatsuka, Satoko ^a,b   Tsuchikane, Yuki ^a,b   Fukumoto, Ryo Hei ^a,c   Fujii, Tadashi ^a   Sekimoto, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Gunma Prefectural Industrial Technology Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Closterium; Conjugation; Mucilage; Protoplast release; Sex pheromone; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOASSAY; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEX PHEROMONE;

ALGAE; CHARALES; CHAROPHYCEAE; CLOSTERIUM PERACEROSUM-STRIGOSUM-LITTORALE COMPLEX;

EID: 33745937514     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2006.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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