Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) activity in single Paramecium caudatum cells

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-36

  Chikamori, Kensuke ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^b   Sato, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b Graduate School of Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme histochemistry; Image analysis; Metabolic heterogeneity; Paramecium caudatum; Succinate dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM;

EID: 0031913448     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-1281(98)80004-4     Document Type: Article

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