Identification of three genes expressed primarily during development in Physarum polycephalum

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 364-376

  Bailey, Juliet ^a,b   Cook, Lynnette J ^b   Kilmer Barber, Richard ^b   Swanston, Emma ^b   Solnica Krezel, Lilianna ^a,e   Lohman, Karin ^c,f   Dove, William F ^a   Dee, Jennifer ^b   Anderson, Roger W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium binding protein; Differential gene expression; Myosin; Physarum polycephalum; Plasmodium development; Slime moulds

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CHONDROMYCES; INVERTEBRATA; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 0032751651     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050773     Document Type: Article

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