L. Jaenicke et Fj. Marner, LURLENE, THE SEXUAL PHEROMONE OF THE GREEN FLAGELLATE CHLAMYDOMONAS-ALLENSWORTHII, Liebigs Annalen, (7), 1995, pp. 1343-1345
The pheromone produced by the female gametes of the green flagellate C
hlamydomonas allensworthii to lure the male gametes for sexual fusion
is the plastohydroquinone derivative lurlene, )phenyl]-4,8,12-trimethy
ltetradeca-4,8,12-trienoic acid (1).