External GTP binding and induction of cell division in starved Tetrahymena thermophila

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 517-524

  Iwamoto, Masaaki ^a,b   Nakaoka, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division; Chemorepellent; GTP; Mechanical stimulation; Purinergic receptor; Tetrahymena thermophila

Indexed keywords

APYRASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATASE; RIBOSE; TRINITROPHENYL; 2',3' O (2,4,6 TRINITROCYCLOHEXADIENYLIDENE)GUANOSINE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; 2',3'-O-(2,4,6-TRINITROCYCLOHEXADIENYLIDENE)GUANOSINE 5'-TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIVISION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MYXOZOA; PARAMECIUM; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL DIVISION; FLUORESCENCE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0036751001     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00267     Document Type: Article

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