Evidence That a low-Mr Diffusible Factor is Involved in Communication between Compatible Mating-types of the Slime Mould Physarum polycephalum

References

1. Collins O. R. 1979; Myxomycete biosystematics: some recent developments and future research opportunities. Botanical Review 45:146–201
   [Google Scholar]
2. Dee J. 1984; Genetics of Physarum polycephalum. In Cell Biology of Physarum and Didymium pp 211–251 Edited by Aldrich H., Daniels J. New York: Academic Press;
   [Google Scholar]
3. Gorman J. A., Wilkins A. S. 1980; Developmental phases in the life cycle of Physarum and related myxomycetes. In Growth and Differentiation in Physarum polycephalum pp 157–202 Edited by Dove E. F., Rusch H. P. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press;
   [Google Scholar]
4. McCullough C. H. R., Dee J. 1976; Defined and semi-defined media for the growth of amoebae of Physarum polycephalum . Journal of General Microbiology 95:151–158
   [Google Scholar]
5. Nader W. F., Shipley G. L., Huettermann A., Holt C. E. 1984; Analysis of an inducer of the amoebal-plasmodial transition in the Myxomycetes Didymium iridis and Physarum polycephalum . Deve¬lopmental Biology 103:504–510
   [Google Scholar]
6. Reiskind J. B., Aldrich H. H. 1984; Comparison of isolated plasma membranes of compatible mating strains of Physarum polycephalum myxamoebae. Experimental Mycology 8:105–116
   [Google Scholar]
7. Sharpe P. T., Goodman E. M. 1986; Differences in the surface properties of the mating types of Physarum polycephalum . European Journal of Cell Biology 40:248–250
   [Google Scholar]
8. Walter H. 1977; Partition of cells in two-polymer phases: a surface affinity method for cell separation. In Methods of Cell Separation vol 1 pp 307–354 Edited by Catsimpoolas N. New York: Plenum Press;
   [Google Scholar]
9. Youngman P. J., Adler P., N„ Shinneck T. M., Holt C. E. 1977; An extracellular inducer of asexual plasmodium formation in Physarum polycephalum . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 74:1120–1124
   [Google Scholar]
10. Youngman P. J., Anderson R. W., Holt C. E. 1981; Two multiallelic mating compatibility loci separately regulate zygote formation and zygote differentiation in the myxomycete Physarum polycephalum . Genetics 97:513–536
    [Google Scholar]