Induction of optical density waves and chemotactic cell movement in Dictyostelium discoideum by microinjection of cAMP pulses

Developmental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 525-536

  Rietdorf, Jens ^a   Siegert, Florian ^a   Weijer, Cornelis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAMP; Cell sorting; Chemotaxis; Dictyostelium discoideum; Microinjection; Optical density wave propagation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GASTRULATION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0032534940     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9088     Document Type: Article

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