Signal Relay During the Life Cycle of Dictyostelium

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 73, Issue , 2006, Pages 115-140

  Mahadeo, Dana C ^a   Parent, Carole A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ((3,5 DICHLORO) 2,6 DIHYDROXY 4 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 HEXANONE; 1-((3,5-DICHLORO)-2,6-DIHYDROXY-4-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-HEXANONE; ADENINE; ALKANONE; AMMONIA; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR; DISCADENINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENINE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; FOLIC ACID; HEXANONES; MORPHOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, CYCLIC AMP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 33745051525     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(05)73004-0     Document Type: Review

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