Morphogenesis in Dictyostelium: new twists to a not-so-old tale.
Prespore differentiation requires both cAMP-dependent protein kinase and the transcription factor GBF, and for one class of prespore genes the two form part of a single pathway. It seems that differentiation-inducing factor, the inducer of prestalk cell differentiation, may operate via a calcium signalling pathway, and terminal stalk cell differentiation is in part regulated by glycogen synthase kinase 3.
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, UK.
D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000254:growth & development*; D009024:Morphogenesis; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology