Control of cell type proportioning in Dictyostelium discoideum by differentiation-inducing factor as determined by in situ hybridization

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1241-1248

  Maruo, Toshinari ^a   Sakamoto, Haruyo ^a   Iranfar, Negin ^c   Fuller, Danny ^c   Morio, Takahiro ^b   Urushihara, Hideko ^b   Tanaka, Yoshimasa ^b   Maeda, Mineko ^a   Loomis, William F ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANONE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIFFERENTIATION INDUCING FACTOR 1, DICTYOSTELIUM; DIFFERENTIATION-INDUCING FACTOR-1, DICTYOSTELIUM; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CYTOLOGY; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HEXANONES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPORES;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; FUNGI; GASTROPODA;

EID: 6344282751     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.5.1241-1248.2004     Document Type: Article

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