Is there an orientation-dependent excursion of the Muller body in the 'statocystoid' of Loxodes?

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 577-582

  Neugebauer, D C ^a   Machemer, H ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gravity reception; Loxodes striatus (Protozoa, Ciliata); Motion detection; Muller body; Statocystoid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CILIATE; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; GRAVITY SENSING; LOCOMOTION; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; LOXODES; LOXODES STRIATUS; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; GRAVITY SENSING; LOCOMOTION; ORIENTATION;

EID: 0031058484     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050780     Document Type: Article

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