Signalling and sex in the social amoebozoans

Biological Reviews

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 313-329

  O'Day, Danton H ^a   Keszei, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenosine receptor; Calcium signalling; Cannibalistic phagocytosis; Cyclic AMP; Dictyostelium; Fertilization; Gametes; Pheromones; Sexual chemotaxis; Zygote

Indexed keywords

AMOEBOZOA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMOEBOZOA; ANIMALS; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMOEBOZOA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DICTYOSTELIUM MUCOROIDES;

EID: 84859422316     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2011.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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