A cell-counting factor regulating structure size in Dictyostelium

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1960-1969

  Brock, Debra A ^a   Gomer, Richard H ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell counting; Cell number; Diffusion; Tissue size

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN COUNTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DICTYOSTELIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DICTYOSTELIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033180415     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.15.1960     Document Type: Article

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