Protease-sensitive component(s) on the cell surface prevents self-fusion in a bisexual strain of Dictyostelium discoideum

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-46

  Urushihara, Hideko ^a   Aiba, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell recognition; Dictyostelium discoideum; Self incompatibility; Sexual cell fusion

Indexed keywords

TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL SURFACE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MATING; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACRASIDA; ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0029958789     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.21.41     Document Type: Article

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