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Cyclic AMP-induced changes in protein synthesis in a cellular slime mould, Polysphondylium pallidum

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IN addition to acting as a chemotactic signal1,2, cyclic AMP induces the formation of stalk cells from undifferentiated amoebae in the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium3,4. The inductive action is specific for cyclic AMP, as AMP, ATP, ADP, GMP and GTP have no effect5. The induction also acts on Polysphondylium pallidum, a related species, even though cyclic AMP is not chemotactic for this species5,6.

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FRANCIS, D. Cyclic AMP-induced changes in protein synthesis in a cellular slime mould, Polysphondylium pallidum. Nature 258, 763–765 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/258763a0

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