Morphogenesis in the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum. 1. The accumulation and erasure of "morphogenetic information".
Morphogenesis in the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum. 1. The accumulation and erasure of "morphogenetic information".
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粘菌盘基网柄菌的形态发生。
DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(75)90283-3
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发表时间:
1975
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
D. Waddell
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文献类型:
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作者:
D. Soll;D. Waddell
When developing cultures of the cellular slime moldDictyostelium discoideumare disaggregated and morphogenesis immediately reinitiated, they recapitulate the morphogenetic scheme, but at an increased rate. Employing this feature of the system, we have identified time periods when “information” accumulates for specific morphogenetic events. In this case, we have defined “morphogenetic information” asthe reduction in time for the appearance of a particular morphology during morphogenetic recapitulation. Accumulated information can be erased by disaggregating developing cultures and reinoculating them into liquid growth medium. Erasure occurs as a discrete event and can be blocked by inhibiting protein synthesis.By comparing morphogenesis in log-phase and stationary-phase cultures, at least two parallel timers have been distinguished, one specific for aggregation and one or more specific for morphogenetic events following aggregation. Approaches to the molecular identity of morphogenetic information and morphogenetic timers are discussed.