Jaenicke L, Feldwisch O, Merkl B, Cremer A, Haas IG. Expression of highly active sex-inducing pheromone of Volvox carteri f. nagariensis in a mammalian cell system.
FEBS Lett 1993;
316:257-60. [PMID:
8422951 DOI:
10.1016/0014-5793(93)81303-h]
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Abstract
A 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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