INDOLEAMINE-INDUCED ENCYSTMENT IN DINOFLAGELLATES

Authors
WONG JTY WONG YH
Citation
Jty. Wong et Yh. Wong, INDOLEAMINE-INDUCED ENCYSTMENT IN DINOFLAGELLATES, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 74(2), 1994, pp. 467-469
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom → ACNP
ISSN journal
00253154
Volume
74
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
467 - 469
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-3154(1994)74:2<467:IEID>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Six species of dinoflagellates were investigated for their responsiven ess to the indoleamine melatonin (and its homologue 5-methoxytryptamin e), the vertebrate hormone for circadian rhythm regulation. Five speci es were observed forming pellicle cysts in response to 5-methoxytrypta mine at concentrations around 10(-6) M. Cells of Oxyrrhis marina were observed retracting from the theca, part of the responsive pathway to indoleamine, but the resulting naked cells were unable to form a new c ell wall and lysed.