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Signal Transduction Pathways In Volvox Carteri, Heide Girardin
Signal Transduction Pathways In Volvox Carteri, Heide Girardin
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The green alga Volvox carteri exhibits a virtual absence of protein synthesis in the dark, but begins synthesizing proteins necessary for growth and development almost immediately after exposure to the light. The regulation of protein synthesis in this system is known to be translational since extracts prepared in the dark have identical pools and quantities of mRNA as extracts prepared in the light (Kirk and Kirk, 1983). Exploration of the mechanism of translational regulation has led us to consider the importance of signal transduction pathways. By using a variety of commercially available drugs that affect specific components of known signaling …
Calcium Metabolismn In Volvox Carteri, Bridget Anne Neville
Calcium Metabolismn In Volvox Carteri, Bridget Anne Neville
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Calcium metabolism is involved in many ways in the cellular activities of the colonial green alga, Volvox carteri. Various drugs that are known in other systems to cause specific changes in calcium metabolism, gave rise to various visible metabolic effects in this study. These effects provide evidence for calcium's role in Volvox growth and development and in its cytoskeleton. Another way that calcium exerts its effect on Volvox is by acting as a second messenger in a G-protein/inositol phosphate signal transduction pathway.
This study also supports the fact that cytoskeletal components are important for development in Volvox. Both microtubules and …