Abstract
ABSTRACTWhen fragments of migrating slugs of D. discoideum are disaggregated and spread on agar containing 1 mM cyclic AMP, cells from all parts of the slug form stalk cells with high efficiency. When cyclic AMP is not added to the agar, normal fruiting of dissociated slug cells can be prevented by overlaying them with cellophane. Under these conditions only cells from the anterior 10% of the slug (the ‘tip’) give rise to appreciable numbers of stalk cells, all other cells remaining amoeboid.By separating distinct cell populations with cellophane we have shown that tip cells can induce cells from other parts of the slug to differentiate into stalk cells. The ability of tips to induce stalk cells is independent of tip age, but the proportion of cells induced depends both on the age of the slug and the part of the slug from which they are derived. The proportion induced is greater in older slugs than in newly formed ones, and in the older slugs is greater in the cells from fronts than from backs.The active substance released by the tip cells may be cyclic AMP.
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