Ethylene induces zygote formation through an enhanced expression of zyg1 in Dictyostelium mucoroides

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 313, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2493-2503

  Amagai, Aiko ^a   Soramoto, Sho saku ^a   Saito, Shu hei ^a   Maeda, Yasuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 MCP; ACC oxidase; Dictyostelium; Ethylene; Macrocyst; RNAi; Signal transduction; Zyg1; Zygote

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; CYCLOALKENE; ETHYLENE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOHORMONE; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DD ACO GENE; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM MUCOROIDES; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ZYG1 GENE; ZYGOTE;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM MUCOROIDES;

EID: 34250174774     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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