Improved preparation and swimming behavior of Triton-extracted models of Didinium nasutum

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-182

  Iwadate, Yoshiaki ^a   Asai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ciliary girdles; circular movement; Didinium; Didinium models; spinning; Triton models

Indexed keywords

TRITON X 100;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CILIATE; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL MOVEMENT; CILIA; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; KINETOFRAGMINOPHOREA; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

CILIOPHORA; DIDINIUM; DIDINIUM NASUTUM; PARAMECIUM;

EID: 0029980765     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1996)33:3<175::AID-CM2>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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