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Structure elucidation of two differentiation inducing factors (DIF-2 and DIF-3) from the cellular slime mould
H R Morris1, M S Masento, G W Taylor
1Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science and Technology, South Kensington, London, U.K.
The Biochemical Journal
|February 1, 1988
Abstract:
Two endogenous differentiation-inducing factors (DIF-2 and DIF-3), which induce stalk-cell differentiation in the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum, have been identified as the pentan-1-one and monochloro analogues respectively of (1-[(3,5-dichloro-2,6-dihydroxy-4-methoxy)phenyl]hexan-1-one). These compounds represent a new chemical class of effector molecules.