Evidence that the Dictyostelium STAT protein Dd-STATa plays a role in the differentiation of inner basal disc cells and identification of a promoter element essential for expression in these cells

Differentiation

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-60

  Shimada, Nao ^a   Maruo, Toshinari ^b   Maeda, Mineko ^b   Urushihara, Hideko ^c   Kawata, Takefumi ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Dictyostelium; Morphogenesis; Promoter element; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; STAT PROTEIN; ACETATE COA LIGASE (ADP FORMING); ACETATE-COA LIGASE (ADP-FORMING); LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; STATC PROTEIN, DICTYOSTELIUM; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DOWN REGULATION; FUSION GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GASTROPODA; METAZOA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COENZYME A LIGASES; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 23844505754     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2005.07301001.x     Document Type: Article

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