Parasexual genetics of Dictyostelium gene disruptions: Identification of a ras pathway using diploids

BMC Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages

  King, Jason ^a   Insall, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAS PROTEIN;

AMOEBA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DICTYOSTELIUM; DIPLOIDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HAPLOIDY; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; DICTYOSTELIUM; DIPLOIDY; GERM-FREE LIFE; HAPLOIDY; MITOSIS; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RAS GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; RAS PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 2442657870     PISSN: 14712156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-4-12     Document Type: Article

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