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Cytochalasin D, an inhibitor of actin polymerization, interferes with ascogonial differentiation in the fertilefluffy mutant ofNeurospora crassa. As the total level of actin and its mRNA remain unchanged, this suggests that it is in its microfilamentous form (F-form) that actin is stringently required for female differentiation. *** DIRECT SUPPORT *** A00EN042 00011
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Liu, J.W., Turian, G. & Barja, F. A stringent role of F-actin in the ascogonial differentiation ofNeurospora crassa Fluffy mutant. Folia Microbiol 40, 665–668 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02818527
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