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. 1986 May;6(5):1851–1854. doi: 10.1128/mcb.6.5.1851

Identification of the single gene for calmodulin in Dictyostelium discoideum.

H Goldhagen, M Clarke
PMCID: PMC367718  PMID: 3785182

Abstract

We report the isolation and sequence determination of a cDNA containing most of the coding sequence for Dictyostelium discoideum calmodulin. The cloned cDNA was used as a probe to examine the complexity of D. discoideum genomic DNA. These studies indicated that D. discoideum cells possess a single calmodulin gene.

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