Intra- and intercellular communication systems in ciliates

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 422-434

  Gortz H D ^a   Kuhlmann, H W ^b   Mollenbeck M ^b   Tiedtke, A ^b   Kusch, J ^c   Schmidt, H J ^c   Miyake, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CILIATE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOSOME; PREDATOR; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CILIOPHORA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032878552     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050646     Document Type: Review

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