The Evolution of Aggregative Multicellularity and Cell–Cell Communication in the Dictyostelia - Du, Qingyou; Kawabe, Yoshinori; Schilde, Christina; Chen, Zhi-hui; Schaap, Pauline (Journal of molecular biology, 2015)
Keywords: ancestry; Biological Evolution; cell differentiation; cell movement; cyclic AMP; Cyclic AMP - genetics; Cyclic AMP - metabolism; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases - metabolism; Cyclic GMP - analogs & derivatives; Cyclic GMP - metabolism; cyclic nucleotide; Dictyostelium - metabolism; Dictyostelium - physiology; Dictyostelium discoideum; dual component signalling; encystation; encystment; eukaryotic cells; evolution; evolution of multicellularity; fruiting bodies; genes; Genome, Protozoan; genomics; Genomics - methods; Hexanones - metabolism; Histidine Kinase; prokaryotic cells; Protein Kinases - metabolism; proteins; Protozoan Proteins - genetics; Protozoan Proteins - metabolism; Quorum Sensing; second messengers; Signal Transduction; sporulation; dual component signalling; cyclic nucleotide; evolution of multicellularity; encystation; sporulation