Moving towards a Better Understanding of Chemotaxis

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Stephens, Len ^a   Milne, Laura ^a   Hawkins, Phillip ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5-TRIPHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHOINOSITIDE;

ANIMAL; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; NEUTROPHILS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL PHOSPHATES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 44349180298     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.048     Document Type: Review

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