cAMP-dependent protein kinase is required for the expression of a gene specifically expressed in Dictyostelium prestalk cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-40

  Zhukovskaya, Natasha ^a   Early, Anne ^a   Kawata, Takefumi ^a   Abe, Tomoaki ^a   Williams, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENT; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0030579160     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0239     Document Type: Article

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