Unidirectional blue light directs the rhizoid-thallus axis in the apolar zygote of the brown alga, Silvetia compressa. This effect is mediated by an increase in the intracellular concentration of guanosine 3', 5' - cyclic monophosphate. In this study we show the identification of a rhodopsin-like protein, by means of antibody reaction, in the palsma membrane of Silvetia eggs. This new result suggests a role for opsins in Silvetia photopolarity.

A rhodopsin-like protein in the plasma membrane of Silvetia compressa eggs.

2002

Abstract

Unidirectional blue light directs the rhizoid-thallus axis in the apolar zygote of the brown alga, Silvetia compressa. This effect is mediated by an increase in the intracellular concentration of guanosine 3', 5' - cyclic monophosphate. In this study we show the identification of a rhodopsin-like protein, by means of antibody reaction, in the palsma membrane of Silvetia eggs. This new result suggests a role for opsins in Silvetia photopolarity.
2002
Istituto di Biofisica - IBF
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