Relevance of histone H1 kinase activity to the G2/M transition during the cell cycle of dictyostelium Discoideum

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-85

  Arakane, Tohru ^a,b   Maeda, Yasuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Torei Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cdc2 kinase; Cell cycle; Development; Dictyostelium discoideum; G2 M transition

Indexed keywords

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031287628     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02506846     Document Type: Article

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