Zellfunktionen und Zellfunktionswechsel in der Entwicklung vonDictyostelium discoideum

Abstract

EDTA and ethylurethan specifically interferes with the formation of normalDictyostelium fruiting bodies without inhibiting the cellular differentiation into spores and stalk cells. Thus differentiation is largely independent from the normal culmination process. On the other hand a preferential inhibition of the differentiation has been observed with 2-mercaptoethanol, the spores being more sensitive than the stalk cells.