Contribution of calcium influx on trichocyst discharge in Paramecium caudatum

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 497-504

  Iwadate, Yoshiaki ^a   Kikuyama, Munehiro ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM;

EID: 0035533434     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.497     Document Type: Article

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