The property of one organism to produce homologous family of protein cell markers under the control of the same genetic locus for the purpose of self-nonself discimination is not unique to multicellular life forms. It already exists in single-cell eukaryotes such as ciliates in association with their mating type process which, given its potential functional correlation with similar cell recognition mechanisms of evolutionarily more recent organisms, perhaps deserves more attention than it usually receives.
Ciliate Pheromones: Potential Forerunners of Self-Non-Self Cell Markers
LUPORINI, Pierangelo;VALLESI, Adriana;MICELI, Cristina;
1996-01-01
Abstract
The property of one organism to produce homologous family of protein cell markers under the control of the same genetic locus for the purpose of self-nonself discimination is not unique to multicellular life forms. It already exists in single-cell eukaryotes such as ciliates in association with their mating type process which, given its potential functional correlation with similar cell recognition mechanisms of evolutionarily more recent organisms, perhaps deserves more attention than it usually receives.File in questo prodotto:
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