Evidence that a combined activator-repressor protein regulates dictyostelium stalk cell differentiation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3085-3092

  Kawata, Takefumi ^a   Early, Anne ^a   Williams, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activator; Dictyostelium; Repressor; Stalk cells; Transcription

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCODINA;

EID: 0029937514     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00671.x     Document Type: Article

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