Chemical defence by means of extrusive cortical granules in the heterotrich ciliate Climacostomum virens

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-36

  Miyake, Akio ^a   Buonanno, Federico ^a   Saltalamacchia, Piero ^a   Masaki, Miyuki Eiraku ^b   Iio, Hideo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical defence; Climacostol; Climacostomum; Cortical granules; Extrusomes

Indexed keywords

BLEPHARISMA; BLEPHARISMA JAPONICUM; CILIOPHORA; CLIMACOSTOMUM; CLIMACOSTOMUM VIRENS; DILEPTUS; DILEPTUS MARGARITIFER; HETEROTRICHIDA; PROTISTA; STENTOR COERULEUS;

EID: 0037838556     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0932-4739-00900     Document Type: Article

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