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Science 12 September 1969:
Vol. 165. no. 3898, pp. 1133 - 1134
DOI: 10.1126/science.165.3898.1133
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Adenosine-3', 5'-Phosphate: Identification as Acrasin in a Species of Cellular Slime Mold

David S. Barkley 1

1 Department of Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Acrasin, the chemotactic agent responsible for aggregation in thecellular slime molds, has been identified for one species, Dictyostelium discoideum, as adenosine-3', 5'-phosphate.


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