Cell polarity and Dictyostelium development

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 621-627

  Williams, Hazel P ^a   Harwood, Adrian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; F ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE;

CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PSEUDOPODIUM; REVIEW;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 0346103752     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2003.10.008     Document Type: Review

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