Locomotory waves of Koruga and Deltotrichonympha: Flagella wag the cell

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-158

  Tamm, Sidney L ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian termite protozoa; Body waves; Flagellar waves

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN C; DIACETYL OXIME; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; NICKEL CHLORIDE; VANADIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CYTOPLASM; FLAGELLATE; FLAGELLUM; LOCOMOTION; MIGRATION INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; VIDEORECORDING; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA;

EID: 0033057717     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1999)43:2<145::AID-CM6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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