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The Molecular Biology of Physarum polycephalum pp 131–150Cite as

Gene Expression During Plasmodial Differentiation

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The intent of this chapter is to define the present position of research on plasmodial differentiation in Physarum and to discuss the potential of this model organism to contribute to an understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying development. The literature accumulated in the last 10 years of Physarum research has been reviewed recently by several authors (Gorman and Wilkins, 1980; Raub and Aldrich, 1982; Sauer, 1982); therefore, in this chapter, we will present mainly novel, unpublished data. We will focus on results that, in our opinion, provide a basis to investigate biological differentiation at the gene level, using Physarum as a model.

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    Thomas Schreckenbach & Anne-K. Werenskiold

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  1. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    William F. Dove

  2. University of Leicester, Leicester, England

    Jennifer Dee

  3. Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

    Sadashi Hatano

  4. University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

    Finn B. Haugli

  5. University of Bonn, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany

    Karl-Ernst Wohlfarth-Bottermann

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Schreckenbach, T., Werenskiold, AK. (1986). Gene Expression During Plasmodial Differentiation. In: Dove, W.F., Dee, J., Hatano, S., Haugli, F.B., Wohlfarth-Bottermann, KE. (eds) The Molecular Biology of Physarum polycephalum . NATO ASI Series, vol 106. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2203-0_7

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