A study of PstB cells during Dictyostelium migration and culmination reveals a unidirectional cell type conversion process

1992 ◽  
Vol 201 (6) ◽  
pp. 354-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Sternfeld
Keyword(s):  
Conversion Process ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Type Conversion ◽  
Cell Type Conversion

Cell type conversion and galactosyltransferase in lens regeneration

1976 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 563-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Idoyaga-Vargas ◽  
Tuneo Yamada ◽  
Christian Michel
Keyword(s):  
Cell Type ◽  
Type Conversion ◽  
Lens Regeneration ◽  
Cell Type Conversion

scholarly journals Control of Cell Type Proportioning in Dictyostelium discoideum by Differentiation-Inducing Factor as Determined by In Situ Hybridization

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 1241-1248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshinari Maruo ◽  
Haruyo Sakamoto ◽  
Negin Iranfar ◽  
Danny Fuller ◽  
Takahiro Morio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Dictyostelium Discoideum ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Type Conversion ◽  
New Genes ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Cell Type Specific ◽  
Cell Type Conversion

ABSTRACT We have determined the proportions of the prespore and prestalk regions in Dictyostelium discoideum slugs by in situ hybridization with a large number of prespore- and prestalk-specific genes. Microarrays were used to discover genes expressed in a cell type-specific manner. Fifty-four prespore-specific genes were verified by in situ hybridization, including 18 that had been previously shown to be cell type specific. The 36 new genes more than doubles the number of available prespore markers. At the slug stage, the prespore genes hybridized to cells uniformly in the posterior 80% of wild-type slugs but hybridized to the posterior 90% of slugs lacking the secreted alkylphenone differentiation-inducing factor 1 (DIF-1). There was a compensatory twofold decrease in prestalk cells in DIF-less slugs. Removal of prespore cells resulted in cell type conversion in both wild-type and DIF-less anterior fragments. Thus, DIF-1 appears to act in concert with other processes to establish cell type proportions.

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