From cell-cell adhesion and cellular oscillations to spectacular views inside the cell - 50 years of research with Dictyostelium

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 851-858

  Müller Taubenberger, Annette ^a   Bozzaro, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL ANTIBODY; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; EDETIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYOSIN;

AMOEBA; BIOPHYSICS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EDITORIAL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 33748420540     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2006.05.001     Document Type: Editorial

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