The secreted Dictyostelium protein CfaD is a chalone
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The secreted Dictyostelium protein CfaD is a chalone.
Dictyostelium discoideum cells secrete CfaD, a protein that is similar to cathepsin proteases. Cells that lack cfaD proliferate faster and reach a higher stationary-phase density than wild-type cells, whereas cells that overexpress CfaD proliferate slowly and reach the stationary phase when at a low density. On a per-nucleus basis, CfaD affects proliferation but not growth. The drawback of not ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Science
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1477-9137,0021-9533
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.026682