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An F-Box/WD40 repeat-containing protein important for Dictyostelium cell-type proportioning, slug behaviour, and culmination.
Developmental biology - 1 Aug 2000
Nelson M K, Clark A, Abe T, Nomura A, Yadava N, Funair C J, Jermyn K A, Mohanty S, Firtel R A, Williams J G
Abstract excerpt
FbxA is a novel member of a family of proteins that contain an F-box and WD40 repeats and that target specific proteins for degradation via proteasomes. In fruiting bodies formed from cells where the fbxA gene is disrupted (fbxA(-) cells), the spore mass fails to fully ascend the stalk. In addition, fbxA(-) slugs continue to migrate under environmental conditions where the parental strain immediately forms...
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