CAP–cAMP increases the rate of formation of the closed promoter complex, CAP–cAMP provides CPC for conversion to the open promoter complex.  Thus, the net effect of CAP–cAMP is to increase the rate of open promoter complex formation.

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Slug migrates to the top layer of the soil, where it proceeds to build the fruiting structure.

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Fruiting structure consists of a tapered column of stalk cells that carries a spherical mass of spores aloft.

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The stalk is supported by a basal disc & the spore mass is is supported by the upper and lower cup

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Dictyostelium has evolved developmentally regulated systems of cell-cell adhesion that are necessary for the morphogenesis of individual cells into a coherent organism.

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There are three cell adhesion molecule are-

24 KDa glycoprotein (gp 24)- Ddcad1

80 KDa glycoprotein (gp 80)- Csa A

150 KDa glycoprotein (gp 150)- Lag C

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gp 24– form loose aggregate