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Dictyostelium amoebae lacking an F-box protein form spores rather than stalk in chimeras with wild type.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Mar 2000
Ennis H L, Dao D N, Pukatzki S U, Kessin R H
Abstract excerpt
Using a selection for Dictyostelium mutants that preferentially form spores, we have recovered a mutant called CheaterA. In chimeras with isogenic wild-type cells, the CheaterA mutant preferentially forms viable spores rather than inviable stalk cells. The mutant causes wild-type cells that have begun to express spore-specific genes to accumulate in the prestalk compartment of the developing organism. In the...
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