The highly efficient sex-inducing pheromone system of Volvox.
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.
Hallmann
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Universität Regensburg, Lehrstuhl Biochemie I, Germany. armin.hallmann@vkl.uni-regensburg.de
Godl
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Wenzl
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Sumper
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D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000502:physiology*; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000502:physiology*
D012724:Sex Attractants