The wacA gene of Dictyostelium discoideum is a developmentally regulated member of the MIP family

Gene

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-130

  Flick, Karin M ^a   Shaulsky, Gad ^a   Loomis, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Gene disruption; Germination; Prespore cell; Sporulation; Whole mount in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DNA PROBE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA PROBES; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECTS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PORINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

CICADELLA VIRIDIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0030807170     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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