The prokaryote messenger c-di-GMP triggers stalk cell differentiation in Dictyostelium

Zhi-hui Chen and Pauline Schaap ()
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Zhi-hui Chen: College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD15EH, UK
Pauline Schaap: College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD15EH, UK

Nature, 2012, vol. 488, issue 7413, 680-683

Abstract: The prokaryote signalling intermediate cyclic di-(3′:5′)-guanosine monophosphate is shown to be the morphogen responsible for stalk cell differentiation and, thus, the transition from slug migration to fructification in the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum.

Date: 2012
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