Secreting and sensing the same molecule allows cells to achieve versatile social behaviors

Science

Volumn 343, Issue 6171, 2014, Pages

  Youk, Hyun ^a,b   Lim, Wendell A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PHEROMONE; RECEPTOR; MATING HORMONE ALPHA FACTOR RECEPTOR; MFA1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; STE2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

BIOENGINEERING; CELL ORGANELLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SUBPOPULATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BUDDING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; SECRETION RATE; YEAST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUORUM SENSING; RECEPTORS, MATING FACTOR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84893690881     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1242782     Document Type: Article

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