Dictyostelium: A model for regulated cell movement during morphogenesis

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 421-427

  Firtel, Richard A ^a   Meili, Ruedi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP;

CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MOTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; EMBRYO POLARITY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 0033924129     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00107-6     Document Type: Review

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