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Comparative inhibitory effects of cytochalasins on the gametangial differentiation inAllomyces arbuscula

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In contrast to cytochalasin D which selectively prevents differentiation of female gametangia, cytochalasins A, B and E also masculinizeAllomyces arbuscula by preventing septation between female and male gametangia, thereby allowing the dominant expression of the male characteristics.

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Nguyen Thi, B.N., Turian, G. Comparative inhibitory effects of cytochalasins on the gametangial differentiation inAllomyces arbuscula . Folia Microbiol 38, 205–208 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02814378

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