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Production of antibacterial compounds by a Steely hybrid polyketide synthase in Dictyostelium
FEBS Open Bio, Volume 16, Issue 1, Page 68-78, January 2026.By selecting appropriate production species under optimised culture conditions, new chlorinated dibenzofuran compounds, which previously could not be analysed in sufficient quantities, were identified from cellular slime mould fruiting bodies. The strong antibacterial activity exhibited by these compounds suggests a link to the ecological function of ...
Tomoaki R. Yamashita +3 more
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Cell migration directionality and speed are independently regulated by RasG and Gβ in Dictyostelium cells in electrotaxis. [PDF]
, 2019 Motile cells manifest increased migration speed and directionality in gradients of stimuli, including chemoattractants, electrical potential and substratum stiffness.
Devreotes, Peter N +6 more
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Measuring cell adhesion forces with the atomic force microscope at the molecular level [PDF]
, 2002 In the past 25 years many techniques have been developed to characterize cell adhesion and to quantify adhesion forces. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been used to measure forces in the pico-newton range, an experimental technique known as force ...
Benoit, M., Gaub, H. E.
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Aggregate, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2026.We developed a general tissue‐extraction strategy that directly purifies native F‐actin and actin–tropomyosin–myosin (ATM) complexes from human and rodent muscles for cryo‐EM. Near‐atomic structures, including an HCM R404Q mouse model, reveal how a disease myosin mutation remodels ATM assembly and alters myosin conformation at the actin interface ...
Danni Li +15 more
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Multiarmed Spirals in Excitable Media [PDF]
, 1997 Numerical studies of the properties of multiarmed spirals show that they can form spontaneously in low excitability media. The maximum number of arms in a multiarmed spiral is proportional to the ratio of the single spiral period to the refractoriness of
Siegert, Florian +2 more
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Developmental decisions in Dictyostelium discoideum
Microbiological Reviews, 1994 A few hours after the onset of starvation, amoebae of Dictyostelium discoideum start to form multicellular aggregates by chemotaxis to centers that emit periodic cyclic AMP signals. There are two major developmental decisions: first, the aggregates either construct fruiting bodies directly, in a process known as culmination, or they migrate for a ...
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A New Classification Framework to Understand Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality
BioEssays, Volume 48, Issue 1, January 2026.Classifying biological entities based on whether and how the two fundamental aspects physiological and evolutionary components are represented yields six types of structural organization. The resulting framework allows to compare different forms of organization, and, in this way, provides insight into the evolutionary processes giving rise to these ...
Saskia Wilmsen, Christian Kost
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Conditional expression explains molecular evolution of social genes in a microbe
Nature Communications, 2019 Genetic diversity in social genes is expected to be shaped by conflict. Here, the authors show that in Dictyostelium discoideum, social genes in fact exhibit diversification patterns consistent with relaxed purifying selection, likely due to their ...
Janaina Lima de Oliveira +10 more
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F1000Research, 2013 Dictyostelium discoideum microvesicles have recently been presented as a valuable model for eukaryotic extracellular vesicles. Here, the advantages of D.
Irène Tatischeff
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Protein Science, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract Avian eggshell membrane (ESM) is fabricated within the isthmus region of the oviduct and is comprised of three juxtaposed, predominantly proteinaceous layers lying between egg white and the calcified shell. The limiting membrane is less than 0.5 μm in thickness and forms the osmotic barrier for the egg. This first layer provides the foundation
Somayeh Zeinalilathori +6 more
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