Analysis of optical density wave propagation and cell movement during mound formation in Dictyostelium discoideum

Developmental Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 427-438

  Rietdorf, Jens ^a   Siegert, Florian ^a   Weijer, Cornelis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CELL SHAPE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0030221205     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0175     Document Type: Article

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