A Substance Secreted from Tetrahymena and Mammalian Sera Act as Mitogens on Paramecium tetraurelia

Zoological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-96

  Tokusumi, Yumiko ^a   Nishi, Nozomu ^b   Takagi, Yoshiomi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; GROWTH PROMOTOR; MITOGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; PARAMECIUM; RAT; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MICE; MITOGENS; PARAMECIUM; RATS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0030077041     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.13.89     Document Type: Article

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