RasC plays a role in transduction of temporal gradient information in the cyclic-AMP wave of Dictyostelium discoideum

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 646-662

  Wessels, Deborah ^a   Brincks, Rebecca ^a   Kuhl, Spencer ^a   Stepanovic, Vesna ^a   Daniels, Karla J ^a   Weeks, Gerald ^b   Lim, Chinten J ^b   Spiegelman, George ^b   Fuller, Danny ^c   Iranfar, Negin ^c   Loomis, William F ^c   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; MYOSIN; MYOSIN II; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOPODIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; MUTATION; MYOSIN TYPE II; MYOSINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PSEUDOPODIA; RAS PROTEINS;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 2942679621     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.3.646-662.2004     Document Type: Article

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