Cellular responses of the ciliate, Tetrahymena thermophila, to far infrared irradiation

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 799-807

  Shiurba, Robert ^a   Hirabayashi, Tatsuo ^a   Masuda, Masaru ^a   Kawamura, Akinori ^a   Komoike, Yuta ^a   Klitz, William ^b,g   Kinowaki, Keiichi ^a   Funatsu, Takashi ^c   Kondo, Shunzo ^d   Kiyokawa, Shin ^e   Sugai, Toshiro ^f   Kawamura, Kosuke ^a   Namiki, Hideo ^a   Higashinakagawa, Toru ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

^e Misato Plaheat Mfg Ltd   (Japan)

^f IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BIOME; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; INFRARED RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RADIATION RESPONSE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; PROTISTA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 33748127139     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b601741j     Document Type: Article

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