Polymorphic Members of the lag Gene Family Mediate Kin Discrimination in Dictyostelium

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 567-572

  Benabentos, Rocio ^a   Hirose, Shigenori ^a   Sucgang, Richard ^a   Curk, Tomaz ^b   Katoh, Mariko ^a   Ostrowski, Elizabeth A ^c   Strassmann, Joan E ^c   Queller, David C ^c   Zupan, Blaz ^a,b   Shaulsky, Gad ^a,c   Kuspa, Adam ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; EVO_ECOL; MOLIMMUNO

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DICTYOSTELIUM; EVOLUTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIIDA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 64049104580     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.02.037     Document Type: Article

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