Chemotactic responses of Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae to a cyclic AMP concentration gradient: Evidence to support a spatial mechanism for sensing cyclic AMP

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Tani, Tomomi ^a   Naitoh, Yutaka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Chemotaxis; Cyclic AMP concentration gradient; Cyclic AMP sensing; Dictyostelium discoideum; Spatial mechanism; Temporal mechanism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0033029398     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.202.1.1     Document Type: Article

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