The Transmembrane Protein Semi1 Positions Gamete Nuclei for Reciprocal Fertilization in Tetrahymena
Summary: During sexual reproduction in the ciliate, Tetrahymena thermophila, cells of complementary mating type pair (“conjugate”) undergo simultaneous meiosis and fertilize each other. In both mating partners only one of the four meiotic products is “selected” to escape autophagy, and this nucleus...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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| Series: | iScience |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004219304948 |