Regulation of ammonia homeostasis by the ammonium transporter AmtA in Dictyostelium discoideum

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2419-2428

  Yoshino, Ryuji ^a,e   Morio, Takahiro ^a   Yamada, Yoko ^b,f   Kuwayama, Hidekazu ^a,c   Sameshima, Masazumi ^b,d   Tanaka, Yoshimasa ^a   Sesaki, Hiromi ^e   Iijima, Miho ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACRASIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 37549049415     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00204-07     Document Type: Article

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