Starvation promotes dictyostelium development by relieving PufA inhibition of PKA translation through the YakA kinase pathway

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 3263-3274

  Souza, Glaucia Mendes ^b   Da Silva, Aline Maria ^b   Kuspa, Adam ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Dictyostelium; Differentiation; minibrain; pumilio; Starvation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; STARVATION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032767435     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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