The Dictyostelium MAP kinase ERK2 regulates multiple, independent developmental pathways

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 118-128

  Gaskins, Chris ^a   Clark, Alexandra M ^a   Aubry, Laurence ^a   Segall, Jeffrey E ^b   Firtel, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium discoideum; MAP kinase; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCODINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; SARCODINA;

EID: 0030023902     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.1.118     Document Type: Article

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