Cell density sensing and size determination

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 482-494

  Gomer, Richard H ^a   Jang, Wonhee ^b   Brazill, Derrick ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell density sensing; Cell number counting; Chalone; Dictyostelium; Quorum sensing; Secreted

Indexed keywords

CHALONE; CONDITIONED MEDIUM FACTOR; COUNTING FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP; GLYCOPROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN APRA; PROTEIN CFAD; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL DENSITY SENSING; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; FRUITING BODY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMOEBA (GENUS); DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79956152558     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2010.01248.x     Document Type: Review

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