A demonstration of pattern formation without positional information in Dictyostelium

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 363-369

  Thompson, Christopher R L ^a,b   Reichelt, Stefanie ^a   Kay, Robert R ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell sorting; Dictyostelium; Pattern formation; Scattered differentiation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; LATRUNCULIN A;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DICTYOSTELIUM; MORPHOGENESIS; ORIENTATION;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 4544357380     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2004.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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