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Imaging G-protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR)-mediated Signaling Events that Control Chemotaxis of Dictyostelium Discoideum
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Imaging G-protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR)-mediated Signaling Events that Control Chemotaxis of Dictyostelium Discoideum

Published on: September 20, 2011

Receptor interactions in a signalling system: competition between ribose receptor and galactose receptor in the

P G Strange, D E Koshland

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    |March 1, 1976
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    Chemotaxis receptor interactionGalactose signaling pathwayRibose receptor inhibitionBacterial chemotaxis mechanism

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