amiB, a novel gene required for the growth/differentiation transition in Dictyostelium

Genes to Cells

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-55

  Kon, Takahide ^a   Adachi, Hiroyuki ^a   Sutoh, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM; DIFFERENTIATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0033982431     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.2000.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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