Dictyostelium discoideum as a model in biomedical research

Dictyostelids: Evolution, Genomics and Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-34

  Muñoz Braceras, Sandra ^a   Mesquita, Ana ^a   Escalante, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Biomedical research; Bipolar disorder; Cell motility; Chemotaxis; Cisplatin; Development; Dictyostelium discoideum; Human disease; Legionella; Mitochondrial disease; Model organisms; Molecular pharmacology; Pathogens; Pseudomonas; Sphingolipids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929567090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38487-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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