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Science 15 June 1973:
Vol. 180. no. 4091, pp. 1192 - 1193
DOI: 10.1126/science.180.4091.1192
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Hormonal Control of Sexual Morphogenesis in Achlya: Dependence on Protein and Ribonucleic Acid Syntheses

Bernard E. Kane Jr. 1, Julia B. Reiskind 2, and J. T. Mullins 2

1 Science Division, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount 27801
2 Department of Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville 32601

The induction of the male sexual organ primordia (antheridial hyphae) by the steroid hormone antheridiol in the water mold Achlya ambisexualis requires both transcription and translation. Inhibition of either of these processes eliminates the expected increase in the production and release of the enzyme cellulase, which accompanies the formation of the antheridial hyphae.

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