Developmental and spatial expression of sir2 genes in the cellular slime mold dictyostelium discoideum

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-43

  Katayama, Takahiro ^a   Yasukawa, Hiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium discoideum; Sir2; SIRT

Indexed keywords

ACRASIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 53149128479     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.23.40     Document Type: Article

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