A prestalk-cell-specific acid phosphatase inDictyostelium discoideum | Zendy

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A prestalk-cell-specific acid phosphatase inDictyostelium discoideum

Author(s) -

Akiko A. Oohata

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.754

H-Index - 325

eISSN - 1477-9129

pISSN - 0950-1991

DOI - 10.1242/dev.74.1.311

Subject(s) - dictyostelium discoideum , biology , enzyme , galactose , biochemistry , cell , dictyostelium , acid phosphatase , cellular differentiation , slime mold , mycetozoa , microbiology and biotechnology , gene

A simple and reliable method of separating and quantifying acid phosphatase activities in D. discoideum is described, and one of the electrophoretically distinguishable forms of the enzyme is shown to be specific for prestalk cells. Accumulation of this product commences some 2–3 h later in development than the prespore specific enzyme UDP-galactose polysaccharide transferase. This finding is discussed in terms of recent observations on the control of prestalk cell differentiation in this organism.

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