Cellular membranes that undergo cyclic changes in tension: Direct measurement of force generation by an in vitro contractile vacuole of Paramecium multimicronucleatum

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 785-795

  Tani, Tomomi ^a,b   Allen, Richard D ^a   Naitoh, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

In vitro contractile vacuole; Membrane tension; Membrane tubulation; Microcantilever; Paramecium multimicronucleatum; Spontaneous curvature of lipid bilayer; Vacuole rounding slackening cycle

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; LIPID; MINERAL OIL;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXOCYTOSIS; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID BILAYER; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PARAMECIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PARAMECIUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VACUOLES;

INVERTEBRATA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM MULTIMICRONUCLEATUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035086899     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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