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Regulation of aggregate size and pattern by adenosine and caffeine in cellular slime molds
BACKGROUND: Multicellularity in cellular slime molds is achieved by aggregation of several hundreds to thousands of cells. In the model slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum, adenosine is known to increase the aggregate size and its antagonist caffeine reduces the aggregate size. However, it is not cl...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3341216/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22269093 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-213X-12-5 |