Gamete fusion and cytokinesis preceding zygote establishment in the sexual process of Dictyostelium discoideum

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-35

  Ishida, Kentaro ^a   Hata, Toshihiro ^a,b   Urushihara, Hideko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell fusion; Cytokinesis; Dictyostelium discoideum; Nuclear fusion; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOKINESIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOKINESIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; FERTILIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 13544270035     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2004.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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