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Dictyopyrones, novel alpha-pyronoids isolated from Dictyostelium spp., promote stalk cell differentiation in Dictyostelium discoideum.
Differentiation; research in biological diversity - 1 Sept 2005
Arai Akiko, Goto Yukino, Hasegawa Aiko, Hosaka Kohei, Kikuchi Haruhisa, Oshima Yoshiteru, Tanaka Susumu, Kubohara Yuzuru
Abstract excerpt
Dictyopyrones A and B (DpnA and B), whose function(s) is not known, were isolated from fruiting bodies of Dictyostelium discoideum. In the present study, to assess their function(s), we examined the effects of Dpns on in vitro cell differentiation in D. discoideum monolayer cultures with cAMP. Dpns at 1-20 microM promoted stalk cell formation to some extent in the wild-type strain V12M2. Although Dpns by...
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