Stress and development in Dictyostelium discoideum: The involvement of the catalytic calcineurin A subunit

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 606-612

  Thewes, Sascha ^a   Schubert, Sebastian K ^a   Park, Kyuhyeon ^a   Mutzel, Rupert ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Signaling; Social amoebae

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (GENUS); DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84901833683     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201200574     Document Type: Article

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