Ethylene as a potent inducer of sexual development

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 617-623

  Amagai, Aiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+; Cyclic adenosine monophosphate; Dictyostelium; Ethylene; Macrocyst; Protein kinase C; ZYG1; Zygote

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN KINASE C;

CELL FUSION; CELL STRUCTURE; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MACROCYST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZYG1 GENE; ZYGOTE;

CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; ETHYLENES; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 79956064133     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2011.01273.x     Document Type: Review

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