Rap1 overexpression reveals that activated rasD induces separable defects during Dictyostelium development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 273-283

  Louis, Sharon A ^a   Weeks, Gerald ^a   Spiegelman, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCODINA;

DICTYOSTELIUM; GASTROPODA; SARCODINA;

EID: 0031572789     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8675     Document Type: Article

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