The role of cGMP and the rear of the cell in Dictyostelium chemotaxis and cell streaming

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 120-127

  Veltman, Douwe M ^a   van Haastert, Peter J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Dictyostelium; Guanylyl cyclase; Polarity; Streaming

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRAIN; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLIC GMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; PSEUDOPODA;

EID: 39449128648     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.015602     Document Type: Article

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