Cell volume control in Paramecium: Factors that activate the control mechanisms

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 523-537

  Iwamoto, Masaaki ^a,b   Sugino, Kazuyuki ^a,c   Allen, Richard D ^a   Naitoh, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bulk modulus; Cell volume control; Contractile vacuole; Cytosolic pressure; Osmoreception; Osmoregulation; Osmotic pressure; Paramecium; RVD; RVI

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSOL; OSMOLARITY; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PARAMECIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CYTOSOL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PARAMECIUM; TIME FACTORS;

PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM MULTIMICRONUCLEATUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 14644398651     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01417     Document Type: Article

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