Role of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in controlling aggregation and postaggregative development in dictyostelium

Developmental Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 208-221

  Mann, Sandra K O ^a   Brown, Jason M ^a   Briscoe, Celia ^a   Parent, Carole ^b   Pitt, Geoffrey ^b   Devreotes, Peter N ^b   Firtel, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SARCODINA;

EID: 0031569321     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8499     Document Type: Article

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