oogonioln.
/əʊə(ʊ)ˈɡəʊnɪɒl/, U.S. /ˌoʊoʊˈɡoʊniˌɔl/, /ˌoʊoʊˈɡoʊniˌɑl/ Biochemistry.
A steroid hormone produced by male hyphae of several filamentous fungi of the genus Achlya, which stimulates female hyphae to produce oogonia. Cf. antheridiol n.
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1975 T. C. McMorris et al. in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 97 2544/1 We wish to propose the structures 1 and 2 for..[the] compounds, which have been named oogoniol-1 and -2.
1984 J. W. Deacon Introd. Mod. Mycol. (ed. 2) iv. 64 The male branches [of Achlya] produce a hormone, oogoniol, which diffuses towards towards the female hyphae and causes them to develop oogonia.
1992 New Scientist 7 Mar. 32/1 The hormones, antheridiol and oogoniol, were later identified as sterols.
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