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CHEMICAL NATURE OF YEAST SEXUAL HORMONES
Author(s) -
TAKAO N.,
SHIMODA C.,
YANAGISHIMA N.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
development, growth and differentiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1440-169X
pISSN - 0012-1592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1970.00199.x
Subject(s) - yeast , hormone , biology , mating type , testosterone (patch) , thin layer chromatography , mating , chloride , biochemistry , endocrinology , chromatography , zoology , chemistry , organic chemistry , gene
A bstract From culture media of yeast cells of the two mating types, a and α, hormones, which made cells of the opposite mating type expand, were extracted with methylene chloride. They were then isolated by either thin layer chromatography or vacuum distillation. The isolated hormones showed color reactions of steroidal compounds. According to Rf values and UV absorption spectra, the two yeast hormones apparently are different from testosterone and estradiol, which have activity similar to that of the yeast sexual hormones excreted by a and α type cells, respectively.