Chemosensory responses of Tetrahymena thermophila to CB2, a 24-amino-acid fragment of lysozyme

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 529-534

  Kuruvilla, H G ^a   Hennessey, T M ^a,b  

^a CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chemorepellent; Chemosensory transduction; Receptor; Receptor potential

Indexed keywords

NEOMYCIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMORECEPTOR; DRUG EFFECT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEMORECEPTORS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOMYCIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALIA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0033136803     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050352     Document Type: Article

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