Time-variant analysis of organelle and vesicle movement during phagocytosis in Paramecium primaurelia by means of fluorescence confocal laser scanning microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 377-384

  Ramoino, P ^a   Beltrame, F ^a   Diaspro, A ^a   Fato, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ciliated protozoa; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence microscopy; Food vacuoles; Image analysis; Lysosomes; Membrane recycling; Organelle movement

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CILIATED PROTOZOON; COMPOSITE IMAGES; FLUORESCENCE CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPIES; FOOD VACUOLES; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; LYSOSOME; MEMBRANE RECYCLING; ORGANELLE MOVEMENT; PHAGOCYTOSE; TIME VARIANT;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MYXOZOA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM PRIMAURELIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030464514     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19961201)35:5<377::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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