Site and time of formation of the sex‐inducing glycoprotein in <i>Volvox carteri</i>

Gilles, Rainer; Bittner, Claudia; Jaenicke, Lothar

doi:10.1016/0014-5793(81)80053-1

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“…The sperm cells were identified as being responsible for inducer synthesis (Gilles et al, 1981). The Volvox inducer is one of the most potent biological effector molecules known: it exhibits full effectiveness in converting asexually growing males and females to the sexual pathway at 10-17 M (Starr, 1970;Gilles et al, 1984).…”

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The sexual inducer of Volvox carteri : purification, chemical characterization and identification of its gene

1987

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The sexual inducer of Volvox carteri f. nagariensis is a glycoprotein and one of the most potent biological effector molecules known. It is synthesized by sperm cells and converts asexually growing males and females to the sexual pathway. Until now, large‐scale production of the inducer was made impossible by an inherent biological ‘switch’ mechanism, the spontaneous self‐induction of asexually growing males. Here we describe a method overcoming this problem for the first time. Large‐scale production and purification allowed a detailed chemical characterization of the inducer with respect to partial amino acid sequences and sugar composition. Chemically synthesized oligodeoxynucleotides corresponding to derived amino acid sequences were used to screen a genomic gene bank of V. carteri HK 10. A positive clone (Ind‐28) was shown to encode the inducer gene by subcloning and sequencing.

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The sexual inducer of Volvox carteri : purification, chemical characterization and identification of its gene

1987

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“…The sexual inducer is a glycoprotein synthesized and released by sperm cells [2,5,6]. The inducer is one of the most potent biological effector molecules known as it exhibits full effectiveness at about lo-l6 M [2,7].…”

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The sexual inducer of Volvox carteri Primary structure deduced from cDNA sequence

1988

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“…The Volvox carteri pheromone, the "sex inducer" (Starr and Jaenicke, 1974;Gilles et al, 1981) is a 30,000-Da glycoprotein, which is synthesized and secreted by sperm cells. Extremely low concentration of this pheromone (N lo-l6 M) fully trigger sexual development in 1 al ' ' I \ ECU \ I 1…”

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Early event of sexual induction in Volvox: Chemical modification of the extracellular matrix

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1986

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Site and time of formation of the sex‐inducing glycoprotein in Volvox carteri

Cited by 27 publications

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The sexual inducer of Volvox carteri : purification, chemical characterization and identification of its gene

The sexual inducer of Volvox carteri : purification, chemical characterization and identification of its gene

The sexual inducer of Volvox carteri Primary structure deduced from cDNA sequence

Early event of sexual induction in Volvox: Chemical modification of the extracellular matrix

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