Coexpression of a constitutively active plasma membrane calcium pump with GFP identifies roles for intracellular calcium in controlling cell sorting during morphogenesis in Dictyostelium

Developmental Biology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-94

  Cubitt, Andrew B ^a,c   Reddy, Indira ^b   Lee, Susan ^a   McNally, James G ^b   Firtel, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Aurora Biosciences Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Aequorin; Calcium; Dictyostelium; GFP

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CALCIUM; EGTAZIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; THAPSIGARGIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; FLUORESCENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

APOIDEA; DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032054872     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8831     Document Type: Article

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