Open AccessMembrane potentials of Dictyostelium discoideum cells at the pseudoplasmodial stage
Author(s) -
Kitami Masanobu
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1988.tb02813.x
Subject(s) - dictyostelium discoideum , membrane potential , slug , chemotaxis , membrane , mycetozoa , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , cell , cell membrane , biophysics , chemistry , biochemistry , ecology , receptor , gene
The difference in membrane potentials between prestalk cells and prespore cells has been examined with reference to the formation of cellular pattern in the pseudoplasmodium (slug) of D. discoideum . Each cell at a different concentration of cAMP had a characteristic membrane potential. In addition, differences in and reversal of membrane potentials occurred between the two types of cell. The results indicate that the changes in membrane potential in both types of cell are closely correlated with the changes in chemotactic movement in response to cAMP.