Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 2 August 1968:
Vol. 161. no. 3840, pp. 473 - 475
DOI: 10.1126/science.161.3840.473
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Articles

Molecular Aspects of Specific Cell Contact

M. A. Crandall 1 and T. D. Brock 1

1 Department of Microbiology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47401

Complementary macromolecules were isolated from yeasts of opposite mating type. These cell-surface molecules neutralize each other as do antibodies and antigens. Both yeast factors are glycoproteins of low molecular weight. Other specific cell associations may be due to the interaction of such complementary macromolecules.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Basic Science Review: Cellular Basis of Morphogenetic Movements.
M. F. Collins (1969)
Clinical Pediatrics 8, 356-365
   PDF »


To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)