Osmoregulation in Paramecium: In situ ion gradients permit water to cascade through the cytosol to the contractile vacuole

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2339-2348

  Stock, Christian ^a   Grønlien, Heidi K ^a   Allen, Richard D ^a   Naitoh, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractile vacuole complex; Ion selective microelectrode; K+ Cl activity; Osmoregulation; Paramecium multimicronucleatum

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; FUROSEMIDE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; WATER; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; ION; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PARAMECIUM; PLASMA OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER FLOW; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM DEFICIENCY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL; CALCIUM; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLORIDES; CYTOSOL; IONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PARAMECIUM; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM DEFICIENCY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; VACUOLES; WATER; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ANIMALS;

PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM MULTIMICRONUCLEATUM;

EID: 0036591965     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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