Authors
H. Weissig, C. F. Beck
Publication date
1991/9
Journal
Plant Physiol.
Volume
97
Issue
1
Pages
118-121
Description
Differentiation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii vegetative cells to gametes requires two environmental signals: nitrogen starvation and light. Vegetative cells incubated without nitrogen differentiate into pregametes. Pregametes can be converted into sexually mature gametes by irradiation with light. The action spectrum for the light-dependent step in gamete formation showed two maxima at 370 and 450 nanometers. This is similar to the spectrum of other blue light/ultraviolet light-A-absorbing photoreceptors.
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Action spectrum for the light-dependent step in gametic differentiation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
H Weissig, CF Beck - Plant physiology, 1991