Growth and differentiation of the water mold Blastocladiella emersonii: cytodifferentiation and the role of ribonucleic acid and protein synthesis.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION ..........................................345 GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION ................................... 346 Zoospores ................................................... 347 Zoospore Germination .............................................. 350 Exponential Growth ............................................... 351 Conversion to Zoosporangia ....................................354 Zoospore Differentiation ............ .......... 357 Microcyclic Sporogenesis .................................................. 359 PATTERNS OF BIOSYNTHESIS DURING THE ZOOSPORANGIAL CELL CYCLE ................... 360 REGULATION OF RNA AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS DURING THE GROWTH PHASE .............................. 362 PROTEIN AND RNA SYNTHESIS DURING CONVERSION TO ZOOSPORANGIA ................................................................ 366 SYNTHESIS DURING ZOOSPORE DIFFERENTIATION ....... ............ 369 REGULATION OF SYNTHESIS IN ZOOSPORES ........................ 272 REACTIVATION OF RNA AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS DURING ZOOSPORE ENCYSTMENT AND OUTGROWTH ............................... 376 DISCUSSION ........................................................ 384 Sporulation .............................................. 384 Spore Stage ......................................................388 Spore Germination .................................................. 390 General Features of Microbial Differentiation ........................... 393 LITERATURE CITED ................................................. 395