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The axenic mutations and endocytosis in Dictyostelium.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3600405     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The axenic mutations of Dictyostelium offer a unique opportunity to explore the relationship between phagocytosis and pinocytosis and to examine the mechanism by which a cell shifts from one mode of feeding to the other. The axenic mutations also provide a means of exploring the relationships between endocytosis and other forms of cell motility. This chapter has described the known mutations that affect axenic growth, methods for culturing wild-type and axenic cells and measuring their growth, and methods for monitoring the effects of the axenic mutations on endocytosis and cell movement. The importance has been emphasized of distinguishing effects of the axenic genotype that are expressed constitutively (i.e., during growth on either bacteria or liquid medium) from those that are a function of axenic growth conditions. The methods described in this chapter, applied to wild-type cells and to cells carrying a full complement of the axenic mutations, have shown that the axenic mutations have constitutive effects on cell-substratum interactions, and inducible effects on cell locomotion and pinocytosis.
Authors:
M Clarke; S C Kayman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Methods in cell biology     Volume:  28     ISSN:  0091-679X     ISO Abbreviation:  Methods Cell Biol.     Publication Date:  1987  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1987-07-24     Completed Date:  1987-07-24     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0373334     Medline TA:  Methods Cell Biol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  157-76     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cell Movement
Dictyostelium / genetics,  growth & development,  physiology*
Endocytosis*
Kinetics
Mutation*
Pinocytosis
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
GM11301/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS; GM29723/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS

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