Simple system - substantial share: The use of Dictyostelium in cell biology and molecular medicine

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 45-53

  Müller Taubenberger, Annette ^a   Kortholt, Arjan ^b   Eichinger, Ludwig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Dictyostelium discoideum; Model organism; Molecular medicine

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2; LITHIUM; SMALL MOLECULE TRANSPORT AGENT; VALOSIN CONTAINING PROTEIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOME; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFE CYCLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MEDICINE; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SHWACHMAN BODIAN DIAMOND SYNDROME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CELL ADHESION; CELL BIOLOGY; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MOLECULAR MEDICINE; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 84872489672     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: 16181298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2012.10.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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