Analysis of chemotaxis in dictyostelium

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 757, Issue , 2011, Pages 451-468

  Cai, Huaqing ^a   Huang, Chuan Hsiang ^a   Devreotes, Peter N ^a   Iijima, Miho ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Chemotaxis; Dictyostelium; Intracellular signaling

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL MOTION; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 80054726689     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-166-6_26     Document Type: Article

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