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Osmotic stress response in Dictyostelium is mediated by cAMP.
The EMBO journal - 1 Nov 2000
Ott A, Oehme F, Keller H, Schuster S C
Abstract excerpt
DokA, a homolog of bacterial hybrid histidine kinases, is essential for hyperosmotic stress resistance in Dictyostelium: We show that a transient intracellular cAMP signal, dependent on the presence of DokA, is generated in response to an osmotic shock. This variation of cAMP levels contributes to survival under hypertonic conditions. In contrast to the low cAMP levels observed in dokA(-) strains, overexpression...
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