Targeted disruption of genes for gp138, a cell-fusion-related protein in Dictyostelium discoideum, revealed the existence of a third gene

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-279

  Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki ^a   Higa, Mikihiko ^a   Aiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Fang, Hui ^a   Tanaka, Yoshimasa ^a   Urushihara, Hideko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

cell fusion protein; Dictyostelium discoideum; gene disruption; sexual cell fusion

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL INTERACTION; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; MATING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACRASIDA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0029946870     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1996.t01-2-00006.x     Document Type: Article

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