DIF Signalling Pathways and Cell-Fate Determination in Dictyostelium discoideum

Jian-Tao Peng, Jia-Le Shi, Ning Tan, Lian-Sheng Hou^*

School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

Abstract: The effects of differentiation inducing factor (DIF) and its working mechanism during Dictyostelium development are introduced in this article， including effects of DIF on prestalk and stalk cells， DIF biosynthesis， DIF induction， DIF inactivation， and the control of cell fate and cell proportion by DIF.

CSTR: 32200.14.cjcb.2006.02.0014