Genetic evidence that the acyl coenzyme A binding protein AcbA and the serine protease/ABC transporter TagA function together in Dictyostelium discoideum cell differentiation

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2024-2032

  Cabral, Matthew ^a   Anjard, Christophe ^b   Loomis, William F ^b   Kuspa, Adam ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; DIAZEPAM BINDING INHIBITOR; PEPTIDE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SDF 2 PROTEIN, DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; SDF-2 PROTEIN, DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN SPORE;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIAZEPAM BINDING INHIBITOR; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE DELETION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 33845651401     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00287-05     Document Type: Article

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