Regulation of cell-fate determination in Dictyostelium

Developmental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 426-441

  Brown, Jason M ^a   Firtel, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAMP; Cell fate; Dictyostelium; Receptors; Signaling pathways

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; STAT PROTEIN;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL TYPE; DEVELOPMENT; EUKARYOTE; MORPHOGENESIS; MYXOMYCETES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0033572391     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9485     Document Type: Review

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