Orientation of Paramecium Swimming in a DC Magnetic Field

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 607-613

  Nakaoka, Yasuo ^a,c   Takeda, Ryutaro ^a   Shimizu, Kikuo ^b  

^a Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry Division of Chemical Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Science   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cilia; Diamagnetic anisotropy; Magnetic orientation; Trichocysts

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

CILIATED PROTOZOON; CILIUM; DC MAGNETIC FIELD; DIAMAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; IONIC CURRENT; LONG AXIS; MAGNETIC ORIENTATION; MAGNETIC-FIELD; SECRETORY VESICLES; TRICHOCYST;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

SAPONIN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; ION CURRENT; MACRONUCLEUS; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY VESICLE; SWIMMING; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL ORGANELLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MYXOZOA; PARAMECIUM; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CELL LINE; CILIA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETICS; ORGANELLES; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAPONINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING;

EID: 0036886008     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10059     Document Type: Article

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