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Chemotactic behavior of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is altered during gametogenesis.
Current microbiology - 1 Apr 2003
Ermilova Elena V, Zalutskaya Zhanna M, Lapina Tatyana V, Nikitin Maksim M
Abstract excerpt
Chemotactic behavior of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is altered during the sexual life cycle. Unlike vegetative cells and noncompetent pregametes, mature gametes did not show chemotaxis to ammonium. Loss of chemotaxis to ammonium in mating-competent cells is controlled by gamete-specific genes that are common for both mating-type gametes. Change of chemotaxis mode requires the sequential action of the two...
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