Involvement of active cellular mechanisms on the disorganization of oral apparatus in amicronucleate cells in Tetrahymena thermophila

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-80

  Haremaki, Tomomi ^a   Sugai, Toshiro ^b   Takahashi, Mihoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active cell death; Amicronucleate; Oral structure; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; FOLINIC ACID; IRON; NOCODAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURFACE; GENE EXPRESSION; MACRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EUKARYOTA; MYXOZOA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0029863660     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.21.73     Document Type: Article

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