Molecular cloning and characterization of the cDNA for discoidin II of Dictyostelium discoideum

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 505-514

  Fukuzawa, Masashi ^a,b   Ochiai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cDNA; Cellular slime mold; Discoidin II; Lectin; Northern blot

Indexed keywords

ACRASIDA; ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MAMMALIA; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0029850307     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a028973     Document Type: Article

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