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A Dictyostelium discoideum mutant exhibiting calcium-dependent, high-level detergent resistance
S J Madigan1, J A Whitbread, E R Katz
1Department of Microbiology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794.
Journal of Bacteriology
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
We report the isolation of a mutant of the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum that is highly resistant to the lethal action of the nonionic detergent Triton X-100. The resistance is completely dependent on the presence of divalent cations, of which Ca2+ is the most effective.