A new protein carrying an NmrA-like domain is required for cell differentiation and development in Dictyostelium discoideum

Developmental Biology

Volumn 321, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 331-342

  Núñez Corcuera, Beatriz ^a   Serafimidis, Ioannis ^b   Arias Palomo, Ernesto ^a   Rivera Calzada, Angel ^a   Suarez, Teresa ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ammonium transporters; Dictyostelium; NmrA; Pattern formation; Prestalk A cells

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GENE PRODUCT; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN NMRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMTA GENE; AMTC GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ECMB GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MARKER GENE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PADA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; WILD TYPE;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 51249092357     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.06.027     Document Type: Article

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