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THE Oomycete fungus, Achlya ambisexualis, is one of the most primitive eukaryotes which differentiates in response to a steroid hormone1. Because it is fast growing, easy to manipulate and can be induced to undergo differentiation in a relatively synchronous manner (the entire thallus acts as target cells), Achlya lends itself to studies of the molecular control of gene activation by hormones.
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SILVER, J., HORGEN, P. Hormonal regulation of presumptive mRNA in the fungus Achlya ambisexualis. Nature 249, 252–254 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249252a0
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