SPERMATOZOID CHEMOTAXIS IN LAMINARIA-DIGITATA (PHAEOPHYCEAE) .3. PHEROMONE RECEPTOR SPECIFICITY AND THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS

Authors
MAIER I MULLER DG BOLAND W
Citation
I. Maier et al., SPERMATOZOID CHEMOTAXIS IN LAMINARIA-DIGITATA (PHAEOPHYCEAE) .3. PHEROMONE RECEPTOR SPECIFICITY AND THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, A journal of biosciences, 49(9-10), 1994, pp. 601-606
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, A journal of biosciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
09395075
Volume
49
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
601 - 606
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-5075(1994)49:9-10<601:SCIL(.>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The pheromone receptor specificity and threshold concentrations have b een determined for spermatozoid chemotaxis in Laminaria digitata in st ructure-activity studies. The results are in agreement with the curren t concept on the pheromone receptor interaction in brown algae, which is based on mutually-induced dipole-dipole interaction, dispersion for ces and hydrophobic forces. Comparison with the receptor specificity i n pheromone-induced spermatozoid release in the same species indicates that different pheromone receptors are involved in these two function s.