Short-term responses of gravitaxis to altered gravity in Paramecium

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 1253-1261

  Murakami, A ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL VACUOLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GRAVITY; LOCOMOTION; ORIENTATION; PARAMECIUM; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RELATIVE DENSITY; SWIMMING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; GRAVITY, ALTERED; LOCOMOTION; ORIENTATION; PARAMECIUM; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; SWIMMING; VACUOLES; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0032235613     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00396-7     Document Type: Article

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