DIF signalling and cell fate

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 577-585

  Kay, Robert R ^a   Flatman, Paul ^a   Thompson, Christopher R L ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium, DIF, DIF dechlorinase, DIF 1 biosynthesis, proportioning model

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;

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

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DICTYOSTELIUM; HEXANONES; LYASES; PENTANONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033257044     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1999.0341     Document Type: Article

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