IfkA, a presumptive eIF2α kinase of Dictyostelium, is required for proper timing of aggregation and regulation of mound size

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-19

  Fang, Rui ^a   Xiong, Yanhua ^a   Singleton, Charles K ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; INITIATION FACTOR 2; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN COUNTIN; PROTEIN IFKA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL LEVEL; CELL MATURATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FRUITING BODY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; POLYSOME; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 2942657451     PISSN: 1471213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-3-3     Document Type: Article

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