Role of PKA in the timing of developmental events in Dictyostelium cells

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 684-694

  Loomis, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

DICTYOSTELIUM; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031712268     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.62.3.684-694.1998     Document Type: Review

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