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Synthesis of Cyclic AMP in Dictyostelium discoideum and Polysphondylium pallidum

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WE have shown that the amoebae of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum are strongly attracted to a substance secreted by Escherichia coli and identified as cyclic AMP1,2. We also showed that Polysphondylium pallidum produces cyclic AMP3 and that the amoebae of D. discoideum produce the maximum amount of the attractant at the onset of aggregation4. We now wish to present evidence that D. discoideum and P. pallidum synthesize cyclic AMP.

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  1. Hubrecht Laboratory, Uppsalalaan 1, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    THEO M. KONIJN

  2. Department of Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08540

    YING-YING CHANG & JOHN T. BONNER

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KONIJN, T., CHANG, YY. & BONNER, J. Synthesis of Cyclic AMP in Dictyostelium discoideum and Polysphondylium pallidum. Nature 224, 1211–1212 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2241211a0

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