A Dictyostelium discoideum mutant exhibiting calcium-dependent, high-level detergent resistance.

doi:10.1128/jb.172.5.2785-2787.1990

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A Dictyostelium discoideum mutant exhibiting calcium-dependent, high-level detergent resistance.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 1990

Madigan S J, Whitbread J A, Katz E R

Abstract excerpt

We report the isolation of a mutant of the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum that is highly resistant to the lethal action of the nonionic detergent Triton X-100. The resistance is completely dependent on the presence of divalent cations, of which Ca2+ is the most effective.

Topics

Calcium Chloride
Cations, Divalent
Detergents
Dictyostelium
Drug Resistance
Mutation
Octoxynol
Polyethylene Glycols
Surface-Active Agents

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