A model for pattern formation in Dictyostelium discoideum

Differentiation

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-16

  Schaap, Pauline ^a   Tang, Yuanhua ^b   Othmer, Hans G ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CYCLIC AMP;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENT; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACRASIDA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0029975909     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.1996.6010001.x     Document Type: Review

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