Sex determination in Chlamydomonas. [Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2007]

Search for

Advanced Search (beta)

Your browser version may not work well with NCBI's Web applications. More information here...

Display Show

All: 1

Review: 1

Click to change filter selection through MyNCBI.

1: Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2007 Jun;18(3):350-61. Epub 2007 Feb 25. Links

Sex determination in Chlamydomonas.

Goodenough U, Lin H, Lee JH.

Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States. ursula@biology.wustl.edu

The sex-determination system of the unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, is governed by genes in the mating-type (MT) locus and entails additional genes located in autosomes. Gene expression is initiated by nitrogen starvation, and cells differentiate into plus or minus gametes within 6h. Reviewed is our current understanding of gametic differentiation and fertilization, initiation of zygote development, and the uniparental inheritance of organelle genomes.

PMID: 17643326 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

A mating type-linked gene cluster expressed in Chlamydomonas zygotes participates in the uniparental inheritance of the chloroplast genome. [Cell. 1993]
A sex recognition glycoprotein is encoded by the plus mating-type gene fus1 of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. [Mol Biol Cell. 1996]
Ectopic expression of a Chlamydomonas mt+-specific homeodomain protein in mt- gametes initiates zygote development without gamete fusion. [Genes Dev. 2001]
The iso1 gene of Chlamydomonas is involved in sex determination. [Mol Biol Cell. 1995]
Intraflagellar transport in the unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. [Protist. 2003]
» See all Related Articles...

Display Show

Sex determination in Chlamydomonas.

Related Articles