Ammonium phosphate in sori of Dictyostelium discoideum promotes spore dormancy through stimulation of the osmosensor ACG

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1891-1901

  Cotter, David A ^a   Dunbar, Andrew J ^b   Buconjic, Stanley D ^a   Wheldrake, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adenylyl cyclases; Ammonia inhibition; Dictyostelium discoideum; Glutamine synthetase; Spore dormancy

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADENYLYL CYCLASE AGGREGATION PROTEIN; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0032841466     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-8-1891     Document Type: Article

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