A cell number counting factor alters cell metabolism

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-297

  Jang, Wonhee ^a   Schwartz, Owen G ^b   Gomer, Richard H ^b  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP; Dictyostelium discoideum; Lactate; Oxygen consumption; Pyruvate; Size regulation

Indexed keywords

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 69249132173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.4.8470     Document Type: Article

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