A cell number-counting factor regulates levels of a novel protein, SslA, as part of a group size regulation mechanism in Dictyostelium

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1538-1551

  Gao, Tong ^a   Roisin Bouffay, Celine ^a   Hatton, R Diane ^a   Tang, Lei ^a   Brock, Debra A ^a   DeShazo, Tiffany ^a   Olson, Laura ^a   Hong, Wan Pyo ^a   Jang, Wonhee ^b   Canseco, Elvia ^a   Bakthavatsalam, Deenadayalan ^a   Gomer, Richard H ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTIN PROTEIN, DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; CYCLIC AMP; GLUCOSE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMLA PROTEIN, DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DICTYOSTELIUM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE REPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 34748845643     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00169-07     Document Type: Article

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