New Insights into the Regulation of Sexual Reproduction in Closterium

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 297, Issue , 2012, Pages 309-338

  Sekimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Abe, Jun ^a   Tsuchikane, Yuki ^a  

^a JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charophyta; Closterium; Gamete conjugation; Heterothallism; Homothallism; Pheromone; Reproductive isolation; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2; SEX PHEROMONE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHAROPHYTA; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CLOSTERIUM; CLOSTERIUM EHRENBERGII; CONJUGATION; DESMIDIALES; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GEL FILTRATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERM CELL; MATING SYSTEM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUCILAGE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ZYGOSPORE;

CHARALES; CHAROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLOSTERIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84861134845     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394308-8.00014-5     Document Type: Chapter

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