PATTERNS OF CELL-DIFFERENTIATION IN SEVERAL CELLULAR SLIME-MOLD SPECIES
PATTERNS OF CELL-DIFFERENTIATION IN SEVERAL CELLULAR SLIME-MOLD SPECIES
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DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(85)90434-8
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
MEI, W
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作者:
SCHAAP, P;PINAS, JE;MEI, W
The generation of patterns of cell differentiation in several slime mold species was studied by immunohistology and electron microscopy. In all species differentiation of prespore cells was visible from the late aggregation stage onward. In the species Dictyostelium lacteum, D. minutum, and Polysphondylium violaceum, stalk cells are formed at the apices of slugs and culminating structures by redifferentiation of prespore cells. In D. purpureum and D. discoideum, stalk cells are formed from cells which have not yet differentiated into prespore cells or which have lost their prespore properties at an earlier stage; formation of a prepattern in these species is probably due to sorting. Differences among the species mainly concern the proportion of the organism which is occupied by a region where prespore differentiation is actively counteracted. A relatively large prespore cell-free region is correlated with the capacity of the apex to organize a relatively large number of cells into a single fruiting body. The possible combined control of cell differentiation and morphogenetic movement is discussed.