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LagC is required for cell-cell interactions that are essential for cell-type differentiation in Dictyostelium.
Genes & development - 15 Apr 1994
Dynes J L, Clark A M, Shaulsky G, Kuspa A, Loomis W F, Firtel R A
Abstract excerpt
Strain AK127 is a developmental mutant of Dictyostelium discoideum that was isolated by restriction enzyme-mediated integration (REMI). Mutant cells aggregate normally but are unable to proceed past the loose aggregate stage. The cloned gene, lagC (loose aggregate C), encodes a novel protein of 98 kD that contains an amino-terminal signal sequence and a putative carboxy-terminal transmembrane domain. The mutant...
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