Trichocyst membrane fate in living Paramecium primaurelia visualized by multimodal confocal imaging

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-84

  Ramoino, Paola ^a   Beltrame, Francesco ^a   Diaspro, Alberto ^a   Fato, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cationized ferritin; Ciliated protozoa; Fluorescence confocal laser scanning microscopy; Image fusion; Lectins; Membrane recycling; Multimodal image analysis

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SECRETION; CILIATE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LYSOSOME; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOVINAE; CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM PRIMAURELIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030868720     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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