A slow sustained increase in cytosolic Ca2+ levels mediates stalk gene induction by differentiation inducing factor in Dictyostelium

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5177-5183

  Schaap, Pauline ^a   Nebl, Thomas ^b   Fisher, Paul R ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

2,5 di(tert butyl) 1,4 hydroquinone; Ca2+ ATPase inhibitor; Dictyostelium discoideum; Differentiation inducing factor; Programmed cell death; Stalk gene expression

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; CELLULOSE; DIFFERENTIATION INDUCING FACTOR; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DEATH; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029791315     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00902.x     Document Type: Article

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