Prostaglandin I2, a possible thermo-sensory mediator in Paramecium

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 273, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 516-520

  Murata, Tomohisa ^a   Morii, Hiroshi ^b   Watanabe, Yumiko ^b   Matsumura, Kiyoshi ^b   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^b,c   Nakaoka, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cooling stimulus; Cyclooxygenase inhibitors; Membrane potential; Paramecium; Prostaglandin; Prostaglandin I2; Thermo sensory transduction

Indexed keywords

ILOPROST; PROSTACYCLIN; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; SENSORY SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM MULTIMICRONUCLEATUM; PROTOZOA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0343953442     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2976     Document Type: Article

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