The striated bands of Paramecium are immunologically distinct from the centrin-specific infraciliary lattice and cytostomal cord

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 202-209

  Allen, Richard D ^a,b   Aihara, Marilynn S ^a   Fok, Agnes K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveoli; Cryothinsections; Cytoskeleton; Immunofluorescence; Immunogold; Monoclona l antibodies; Quick freeze deep etch technique

Indexed keywords

CENTRIN; CYTOSOMAL CORD; PARAMECIUM MULTIMICRONUCLEATUM; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PELLICLE;

MONOCLONA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; PARAMECIUM MULTIMICRONUCLEATUM; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA;

EID: 0032032603     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb04526.x     Document Type: Article

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