CELL-AUTONOMOUS DETERMINATION OF CELL-TYPE CHOICE IN DICTYOSTELIUM DEVELOPMENT BY CELL-CYCLE PHASE
CELL-AUTONOMOUS DETERMINATION OF CELL-TYPE CHOICE IN DICTYOSTELIUM DEVELOPMENT BY CELL-CYCLE PHASE
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DOI:
10.1126/science.3039657
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发表时间:
1987-08-14
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
FIRTEL, RA
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作者:
GOMER, RH;FIRTEL, RA
The developmental fate of individual cells has been examined in a system that allows D. discoideum cells to diferentiate in the absence of aggregation. The results show that the propensity of single amoebae to differentiate into either prespore or prestalk cells occurs by a cell-autonomous mechanism dependent on the cell''s position in the cell cycle at the initiation of development. Cells that divide between .apprx. 1 1/2 hours before and .apprx. 40 minutes after the differentiation-inducing starvation become prestalk, whereas cells dividing at other times become prespore cells. These results suggest mechanisms by which an initial proportioning of the two cell types within the aggregate is achieved.