A ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme is essential for developmental transitions in Dictyostelium

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1989-2002

  Clark, Alexandra ^a   Nomura, Anson ^a   Mohanty, Sudhasri ^a   Firtel, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SARCODINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030826690     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.10.1989     Document Type: Article

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