Electric control of ciliary beat direction and curvature of gliding in Loxodes (ciliata)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 284-294

  Nagel, Ute ^a   Machemer, Hans ^a   Bräucker, Richard ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliary beat direction; Curvature of gliding track; Electromotor coupling; Galvanotaxis; Loxodes

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; LOXODES; PARAMECIUM;

EID: 0030823107     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(97)80006-5     Document Type: Article

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