Cell differentiation and patterning in Dictyostelium.

doi:10.1016/0955-0674(92)90121-r

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Cell differentiation and patterning in Dictyostelium.

Current opinion in cell biology - 1 Dec 1992

Kay R R

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In Dictyostelium development, prestalk cells first differentiate at scattered positions in the aggregate and then sort out, probably by chemotaxis to cAMP. They may regulate their proportions by selective depletion of the stalk cell inducer, DIF-1. Once sorted, prestalk cells form a DIF-1 sink, w...

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Animals
Antisense Elements (Genetics)
Cell Differentiation
Cell Movement
Dictyostelium
Hexanones
Morphogenesis
Mutation
Protein Kinases

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