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The Plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum is widely used for the biochemical study of actin, myosin, and related proteins, for two good reasons. First, the cytology of protoplasmic streaming and sol-gel transformations in Plasmodia has been intensively studied (Chapter 8; Kamiya, 1959); second, relatively large amounts of Plasmodia can be easily obtained. Ten plastic buckets of 10 L each are used for the cultivation of surface Plasmodia in order to collect 100–200 g of material every 2 days.
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Hatano, S. (1986). Actin, Myosin, and the Associated-Proteins from the Physarum Plasmodium. 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_9
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