Defects in the synthetic pathway prevent DIF-1 mediated stalk lineage specification cascade in the non-differentiating social amoeba, Acytostelium subglobosum

Biology Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 553-560

  Mohri, Kurato ^a   Hata, Takashi ^a   Kikuchi, Haruhisa ^b   Oshima, Yoshiteru ^b   Urushihara, Hideko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Cellular slime mold; Functional complementation; Gene expression; Polyketide signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979073708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20148359     Document Type: Article

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