Chemosensory adaptation in paramecium involves changes in both repellent binding and the consequent receptor potentials

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 589-597

  Kim, Mark Y ^a   Kuruvilla, Heather G ^a   Hennessey, Todd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chemorepellent; Chemosensory; Depolarization; Desensitization; Down regulation; GTP; Lysozyme; Paramecium; Receptors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL;

EID: 0031280405     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00467-7     Document Type: Article

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