Overexpression of an activated rasG gene during growth blocks the initiation of Dictyostelium development

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 4156-4162

  Khosla, Meenal ^a   Spiegelman, George B ^a   Weeks, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029892973     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.8.4156     Document Type: Article

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