Osmotic homeostasis in Dictyostelium discoideum: Excretion of amino acids and ingested solutes

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 503-510

  Steck, Theodore L ^a   Chiaraviglio, Lucius ^a,b   Meredith, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification; Amoeba; Caffeine; Contractile vacuoles; Endocytic vacuoles; Fluorophores; Proton pumps; Shock

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0031239942     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1997.tb05731.x     Document Type: Article

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