Increase in calcium triggers mating structure activation in Chlamydomonas eugametos

15 September 1990

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters

Vol. 71 (3) , 237-240
https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1097(90)90226-g

Abstract

For mating Chlamydomonas eugametos gametes to fuse with their partners, they must first lyse part of the anterior cell wall and protrude their mating structures. These responses can be artificially induced by compounds that raise the Ca_i level, viz. InsP₃, A23187, TFP and ethanol. We conclude that calcium should be considered with cAMP to be involved in signal transduction during C. eugametos mating.

Keywords

CALCIUM SIGNALLING
MATING RESPONSE
CHLAMYDOMONAS EUGAMETOS

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