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Allorecognition, via TgrB1 and TgrC1, mediates the transition from unicellularity to multicellularity in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 15 Oct 2015
Hirose Shigenori, Santhanam Balaji, Katoh-Kurosawa Mariko, Shaulsky Gad, Kuspa Adam
Abstract excerpt
The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum integrates into a multicellular organism when individual starving cells aggregate and form a mound. The cells then integrate into defined tissues and develop into a fruiting body that consists of a stalk and spores. Aggregation is initially orchestrated by waves of extracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), and previous theory suggested that cAMP and other...
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