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Formation of the Dictyostelium spore coat.
Developmental genetics - 1 Jan 1990
West C M, Erdos G W
Abstract excerpt
The spore coat forms as a rigid extracellular wall around each spore cell during culmination. Coats purified from germinated spores contain multiple protein species and an approximately equal mass of polysaccharide, consisting mostly of cellulose and a galactose/N-acetylgalactosamine polysaccharide (GPS). All but the cellulose are prepackaged during prespore cell differentiation in a regulated secretory...
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