Voltage-dependent reversal of anodic galvanotaxis in Nyctotherus ovalis

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 427-433

  Van Hoek, Angela H A M ^a   Sprakel, Vera S I ^a   Van Alen, Theo A ^a   Theuvenet, Alexander P R ^a   Vogels, Godfried D ^a   Hackstein, Johannes H P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic ciliates; Armophoridae; Ca2+ channels; Clevelandellidae; Epigenetic modification; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

GALVANOTAXIS;

NYCTOTHERUS OVALIS;

EID: 0033167316     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb04623.x     Document Type: Article

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