Ca2+ triggers toxicyst discharge in Didinium nasutum

Protoplasma

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 20-26

  Iwadate, Y ^a   Katoh, K ^b   Kikuyama, M ^c   Asai, H ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium buffer; Calcium ion; Calcium transient; Didinium nasutum; Extrusomes; Microinjection; Toxicysts

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; TOXICITY; TOXICYST;

DIDINIUM NASUTUM; PARAMECIUM;

EID: 0032433832     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01279249     Document Type: Article

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