The Hydration-Induced Ca2+ Release Is a General Phenomenon in Characeae

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 922-928

  Shimada, Kiyo ^a,b   Kikuyama, Munehiro ^a   Tazawa, Masashi ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aequorin; Ca2+; Characeae; Hydration induced Ca2+ release (HICR); Osmosis

Indexed keywords

CHARA; CHARA CORALLINA; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; CORALLINA; NITELLA; NITELLA AXILLIFORMIS; NITELLA FLEXILIS; NITELLOPSIS OBTUSA;

EID: 0030452671     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029040     Document Type: Article

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