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An evolutionarily significant unicellular strategy in response to starvation in Dictyostelium social amoebae

The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum is widely studied for its multicellular development program as a response to starvation. Aggregates of up to 10 (6) cells form fruiting bodies containing (i) dormant spores (~80%) that can persist for months in the absence of nutrients, and (ii) dead stalk...

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Autores principales: Dubravcic, Darja, van Baalen, Minus, Nizak, Clément
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25309731
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.4218.2