Photosensory and thermosensory responses in Dictyostelium slugs are specifically impaired by absence of the F-actin cross-linking gelation factor (ABP-120)

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 889-892

  Fisher, R R ^a   Noegel, A A ^b   Fechheimer, M ^c   Rivero, F ^b   Prassler, J ^b   Gerisch, G ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0031282292     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00379-4     Document Type: Article

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