Characterization and molecular cloning of conjugation-regulating sex pheromones in homothallic Closterium

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1515-1523

  Tsuchikane, Yuki ^a   Kokubun, Yume ^a   Sekimoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Closterium; Conjugation; Homothallic; Homothallism; Sex pheromone; Sexual reproduction; Zygospore

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLOSTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALGAE; CHARALES; CHAROPHYCEAE; CLOSTERIUM;

EID: 77956928812     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq110     Document Type: Article

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