A novel prespore-cell-inducing factor in Dictyostelium discoideum induces cell division of prespore cells

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 2781-2787

  Oohata, Akiko A ^a   Nakagawa, Manabu ^a   Tasaka, Masao ^b,c   Fujii, Shigeru ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cell division; Conditioned medium; Dictyostelium discoideum; Differentiation; Morphogen

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; DIMER; MORPHOGEN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GEL FILTRATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPOROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DICTYOSTELIUM; DIMERIZATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPORES, FUNGAL;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0030878577     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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