A two-component histidine kinase gene that functions in Dictyostelium development

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 3890-3898

  Wang, Nancy ^a   Shaulsky, Gad ^a   Escalante, Ricardo ^a   Loomis, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium; Gene expression; Histidine kinase; Prespore; Prestalk

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0029775210     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00763.x     Document Type: Article

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