Diverse sensitivity thresholds in dynamic signaling responses by social amoebae

Science Signaling

Volumn 5, Issue 213, 2012, Pages

  Wang, C Joanne ^a   Bergmann, Adriel ^a   Lin, Benjamin ^a   Kim, Kyuri ^a   Levchenko, Andre ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DICTYOSTELIUM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857766780     PISSN: 19450877     EISSN: 19379145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2002449     Document Type: Article

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