Effects of calmodulin antisense oligonucleotides on chemoresponse in Paramecium

Chemical Senses

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-58

  Yano, J ^a   Fraga, D ^b   Hinrichsen, R ^c   Van Houten, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b The College of Wooster   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CALMODULIN; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN);

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACIDS; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; CALMODULIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PARAMECIUM;

PARAMECIUM;

EID: 0030025138     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/21.1.55     Document Type: Article

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