cAMP production by adenylyl cyclase G induces prespore differentiation in Dictyostelium slugs

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 959-966

  Alvarez Curto, Elisa ^a   Saran, Shweta ^a   Meima, Marcel ^a   Zobel, Jenny ^a   Scott, Claire ^a   Schaap, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenylyl cyclase G; Cell type specification; Dictyostelium discoideum; Encystation; Pattern formation; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE G; CYCLIC AMP; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACB PROTEIN, DICTYOSTELIUM; ACG PROTEIN, DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPOROGENESIS; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GASTROPODA;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DICTYOSTELIUM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34248546434     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02775     Document Type: Article

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