Ammonia hypersensitivity of slugger mutants of D. discoideum.

doi:10.1242/jcs.107.2.701

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Ammonia hypersensitivity of slugger mutants of D. discoideum.

Journal of cell science - 1 Feb 1994

Gee K, Russell F, Gross J D

Abstract excerpt

The weak base ammonia inhibits aggregation and culmination of wild-type amoebae of Dictyostelium discoideum. Here we have examined its effect on a series of 'slugger' mutants previously assigned to 10 complementation groups, and so-called because they remain as slugs for extended periods. We show...

Topics

Amines
Ammonia
Animals
Dictyostelium
Drug Resistance
Genetic Complementation Test
Mutation

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