Stimulation of cell division by croton oil in blue-green bacteria.
The potent tumor-promoting agent croton oil, which has been shown previously to be strongly mitogenic in mammalian cells, stimulates cell division in snake mutants of the blue-green bacterium Agmenellum quadruplicatum.
D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D003436:Croton Oil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003470:Culture Media; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D003720:Densitometry; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D009153:Mutagens; D009604:Nitrosoguanidines
D003470:Culture Media; D009153:Mutagens; D009604:Nitrosoguanidines; D003436:Croton Oil