Genes involved in Dictyostelium discoideum sexual reproduction

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 961-968

  Urushihara, Hideko ^a   Muramoto, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

cAMP; Cell fusion; Cell fate determination; Chemotaxis; Dictyostelium discoideum; Gene expression; Macrocyst; Mating; Nuclear fusion; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIBODY; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; FRUITING BODY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAN SPORE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 33748263574     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2006.05.012     Document Type: Short Survey

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