Calcium levels correlate with cell cycle phase and affect the level of the cyclin B transcript in Dictyostelium discoideum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 193-199

  Azhar, M ^a   Krefft, M ^b   Saran, S ^c   Weeks, G ^d   Nanjundiah, Vidyanand ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b FB Verfahrenstechnik   (Germany)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cell cycle; Cyclin B; Dictyostelium

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIN B; MESSENGER RNA;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CYCLE; CELL DENSITY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; CELL CYCLE; CYCLIN B; DICTYOSTELIUM; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032054327     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00074-3     Document Type: Article

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