Identification of new modes of Dd-STATa regulation of gene expression in Dictyostelium by in situ hybridisation

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 679-682

  Shimada, Nao ^a   Maeda, Mineko ^b   Urushihara, Hideko ^c   Kawata, Takefumi ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium; In situ hybridisation; STAT transcription factor; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOKINE; DD STATA PROTEIN; STAT PROTEIN; STATA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DICTYOSTELIUM; DOWN REGULATION; ECMA GENE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DICTYOSTELIUM; GASTROPODA; METAZOA;

EID: 8644225575     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.041862ns     Document Type: Article

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