Dictyostelium development in the absence of cAMP

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5323, 1997, Pages 251-254

  Wang, Bin ^a   Kuspa, Adam ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCODINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

DICTYOSTELIUM; SARCODINA;

EID: 0030873976     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5323.251     Document Type: Article

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