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Dictyostelium’s pisatin response

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I am an INSA Honorary Scientist in the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad. This article is dedicated to Helga George for teaching me how to isolate pisatin.

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Kasbekar, D.P. Dictyostelium’s pisatin response. J Biosci 47, 75 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-022-00311-5

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