Evidence for two separate purinergic responses in Paramecium tetraurelia: XTP inhibits only the oscillatory responses to GTP

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-23

  Mimikakis, J L ^a   Nelson, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP; Behavior; Calcium oscillations; Ciliate; Purine nucleotide; Purinoceptor; Receptor antagonist

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PURINE NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWIMMING; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC; RIBONUCLEOTIDES;

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032079729     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002329900366     Document Type: Article

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