Phagocytosis in Dictyostelium: Nibbling, eating and cannibalism

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-69

  Lewis, Keith E ^a,b   O'Day, Danton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenosine receptors; G proteins; Glycoproteins; Phagocytosis; Receptors; Self nonself recognition; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

PHAGOCYTOSIS; SLIME MOULD;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM CAVEATUM;

EID: 0030442959     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb02474.x     Document Type: Article

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