Intracellular free calcium responses during chemotaxis of Dictyostelium cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2673-2678

  Yumura, Shigehiko ^a   Furuya, Kishio ^b   Takeuchi, Ikuo ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c National Institutes of Natural Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium; cAMP; Chemotaxis; Dictyostelium; Folic acid

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; FOLIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ELECTROPORATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOLIC ACID; FURA-2; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

BOVINAE; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GASTROPODA; PSEUDOPODA;

EID: 0029919409     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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