Expression of highly active sex-inducing pheromone of Volvox carteri f. nagariensis in a mammalian cell system
- Jaenicke, Lothar
- Feldwisch, Ortrun
- Merkl, Barbara
- Cremer, Anja
- Haas, Ingrid G.
Publication date
February 1993
DOI Publisher
Published by Elsevier B.V. ISSN
0014-5793Abstract
AbstractA cDNA fragment coding for the sex-inducing glycoprotein of Volvox carteri f. nagariensis was expressed in a mammalian cell system (baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells). The transfection product exhibited a specific biological activity intermediate between the natural pheromone of the strains Volvox carteri f. nagariensis and Volvox carteri f. weismannia. Immunoblot analysis showed that the sex-inducing activity was expressed as a set of three iso-glycoproteins (35, 34 and 31 kDa)
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