Mechanoelectric transduction in nematocytes of a hydropolyp (Corynidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-138

  Brinkmann, M ^a   Oliver, D ^a   Thurm, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Mechanoreceptor; Mechanosensitive channel; Potential; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030047598     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00189597     Document Type: Article

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