The paramecium circadian clock: Synchrony of changes in motility, membrane potential, cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP

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

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Hasegawa, K ^a   Tsukahara, Y ^b   Shimamoto, M ^a   Matsumoto, K ^c   Nakaoka, Y ^d   Sato, T ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c Educ Prom Found Orient Med S   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian periodicity; Cyclic nucleotides; Motility; Paramecium; Resting membrane potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030808282     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050091     Document Type: Article

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