title: The highly efficient sex-inducing pheromone system of Volvox.
abstract: The green alga Volvox is one of the simplest multicellular organisms and is capable of both asexual and sexual reproduction. Sexual development is initiated by a glycoprotein pheromone that acts at a concentration below 10(-16) M. The extracellular matrix (ECM) appears to play a key role in signal amplification: several ECM proteins contain a domain with homology to the sex-inducing pheromone.
authors.affiliation: Universität Regensburg, Lehrstuhl Biochemie I, Germany. armin.hallmann@vkl.uni-regensburg.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hallmann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Godl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wenzl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sumper
mesh_terms: D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000502:physiology*; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012724:Sex Attractants