Responses of Tetrahymena pyriformis to the natural gravity vector

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 167-172

  Kowalewski, U ^a   Braucker R ^a   Machemer, H ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NATURAL GRAVITY VECTOR; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

EID: 0032277743     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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