Impact of melatonin on the cell division, phagocytosis and chemotaxis of Tetrahymena pyriformis

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-89

  Köhidai, László ^a   Vakkuri, Olli ^c   Keresztesi, Márk ^a   Pállinger, Éva ^b   Leppäluoto, Juhani ^c   Csaba, György ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cell division; Chemotaxis; Evolution; Melatonin; Phagocytosis; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0036129875     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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