A mutational analysis of Dictyostelium discoideum multicellular development

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 993-1003

  Carrin, Ines ^a,b   Murgia, Irene ^a,c   McLachlan, Andrew ^a   Kay, Robert R ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Dictyostelium discoideum; Gene numbers; Mound mutants

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUTRAL RED;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENT; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0029922272     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-4-993     Document Type: Article

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