Fragmentation of the plasmodium into equally sized pieces by low temperatures in the true slime mold Physarum polycephalum: A new morphogenesis

Protoplasma

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 131-136

  Kakiuchi, Yasutaka ^a   Ueda, Tetsuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell size; Morphogenesis; Physarum polycephalum; Plasmodium; Temperature compensation; Thermal transition

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; FRAGMENTATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 0032417550     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01279259     Document Type: Article

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