A novel Myb homolog initiates Dictyostelium development by induction of adenylyl cyclase expression

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1738-1748

  Otsuka, Hideshi ^a   Van Haastert, Peter J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenylyl cyclase; CAMP oscillation; Myb related gene; REMI; Starvation response; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE;

ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STARVATION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; FUNGI;

EID: 2642699932     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.11.1738     Document Type: Article

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