| Title: | Chemical signaling in ciliates |
| Author(s): | Luporini P; Vallesi A; Miceli C; Bradshaw RA; |
| Address: | "Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare, Cellulare e Animale, University of Camerino, Italy" |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1995.tb01567.x |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1066-5234 (Print) 1066-5234 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "For long, our knowledge of the biology of ciliate pheromones has long relied solely upon the study of the two structurally unrelated 'gamones' identified in culture filtrates of a Blepharisma species. However, the characterization of a number of polypeptide pheromones secreted by Euplotes raikovi and E. octocarinatus has now established that structural relationships of homology usually link these molecules, which is consistent with the genetic basis of the mating type systems evolved by these species. In this context, our growing appreciation of the conserved and variable elements of the pheromone architecture should foster progress in the understanding of pheromone-receptor interactions and thus, provide important clues into pheromone mechanisms of action" |
| Keywords: | "Amino Acid Sequence Animals Cell Membrane/physiology Chemoreceptor Cells/physiology Ciliophora/genetics/*physiology Crosses, Genetic Models, Structural Molecular Sequence Data Pheromones/*chemistry/*physiology Polymorphism, Genetic *Protein Structure, Sec;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineLuporini, P Vallesi, A Miceli, C Bradshaw, R A eng DK 32465/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ Comparative Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Review 1995/05/01 J Eukaryot Microbiol. 1995 May-Jun; 42(3):208-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1995.tb01567.x" |
