Pisatin resistance in Dictyostelium discoideum and Neurospora crassa: comparison of mutant phenotypes.

doi:10.1099/00221287-139-12-3035

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Pisatin resistance in Dictyostelium discoideum and Neurospora crassa: comparison of mutant phenotypes.

Journal of general microbiology - 1 Dec 1993

Papavinasasundaram K G, Kasbekar D P

Abstract excerpt

The pea phytoalexin pisatin, at its inhibitory concentration, was shown to have two distinct inhibitory effects on amoebae of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum. One effect was cytolytic and was demonstrable even in non-growing cells whereas the second effect was observed only unde...

Topics

Animals
Benzopyrans
Dictyostelium
Drug Resistance
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Ergosterol
Fungal Proteins
Genes, Fungal
Genes, Protozoan
Mutation
Neurospora crassa
Phenotype
Protozoan Proteins
Pterocarpans

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