Signalling pathways that direct prestalk and stalk cell differentiation in Dictyostelium

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 587-595

  Early, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell type differentiation, Dictyostelium, DIF, signalling pathways

Indexed keywords

DICTYOSTELIUM;

1 (3 CHLORO 2,6 DIHYDROXY 4 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 HEXANONE; 1 (3,5 DICHLORO 2,6 DIHYDROXY 4 METHOXYPHENYL ) 1 PENTANONE; 1-(3,5-DICHLORO-2,6-DIHYDROXY-4-METHOXYPHENYL-)-1-PENTANONE; 1-(3-CHLORO-2,6-DIHYDROXY-4-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-HEXANONE; ALKANONE; DIF 1 3(5) DECHLORINASE; DIF-1 3(5)-DECHLORINASE; LYASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HEXANONES; LYASES; PENTANONES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033251037     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1999.0342     Document Type: Article

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