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NBRP ID S90368
Strain Name MCF8-5
Strain Summary REMI mutant defective in macrocyst formation
Strain Descriptor (macA)
Systematic Name MCF8-5
Species Dictyostelium discoideum
Category Recombinant
Parental Strain KAX3
Mutagenesis Method homologous insertion
Mutagenesis Detail pMCF8.0
Associated Gene macA 
Foreign Gene bsR
Genotype axeA2, axeB2, axeC2, macA-, bsr
Phenotype axenic, blasticidin resistance, no macrocysts, no cell fusion
Axenic Growth Y
Viable Spore Formation OK
References Araki Y, Shimizu HD, Saeki K, Okamoto M, Yamada L, Ishida K, Sawada H, Urushihara H.
A surface glycoprotein indispensable for gamete fusion in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum.
Eukaryot Cell  (2012)  11(5)   638-44  
[PubMed ID = 22389384]  [RRC reference
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Depositor Hideko Urushihara
Position
Source H.D. Shimizu
Use Condition A
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