Functional mapping of the branched signal transduction pathway that controls sporulation in Physarum polycephalum.
Sporulation of starving plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum was found to be induced by far-red light, blue light or heat shock, each of which is perceived by a different input receptor system. The branched signal transduction pathway was mapped and the time-dependent formation of some of its components analyzed.
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Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany.
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D000818:Animals; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008027:Light; D008954:Models, Biological; D016839:Physarum polycephalum / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects