Involvement of a novel gene, zyg1, in zygote formation of Dictyostelium mucoroides

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 867-874

  Amagai, Aiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYG1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM MUCOROIDES; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FERTILIZATION; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZYG1 GENE; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VECTORS; GIANT CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZYGOTE;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM MUCOROIDES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0042664138     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024448316675     Document Type: Article

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