Reverse genetic analyses of gamete-enriched genes revealed a novel regulator of the cAMP signaling pathway in Dictyostelium discoideum

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 733-743

  Muramoto, Tetsuya ^a   Takeda, Shugaku ^a,b   Furuya, Yoko ^a   Urushihara, Hideko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP signaling; Cell aggregation; Dictyostelium discoideum; Gamete enriched genes; Gene disruption; RNAi; Sexual process

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GAMETE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GIANT CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REGULATOR GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TMCB GENE; TMCC GENE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 13544260494     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.11.015     Document Type: Article

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