A mutation in the cAMP signaling pathway affects sexual development of Dictyostelium discoideum

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-234

  Shimizu, Hajime ^a   Morio, Takahiro ^a   Shimizu, Hideki D ^a   Urushihara, Hideko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

cAMP; cell aggregation; chemotaxis; Dictyostelium discoideum; sexual development

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL FUSION; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0030942239     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.t01-1-00011.x     Document Type: Article

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