How does the unicellular Tetrahymena utilise the hormones that it produces? Paying a visit to the realm of atto-and zeptomolar concentrations

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 327, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 199-203

  Csaba, G ^a   Kovacs P ^a   Pállinger, Éva ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Histamine; Insulin; Phylogeny; Serotonin; Tetrahymena pyriformis (Ciliata)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HISTAMINE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INSULIN; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTAMINE; HORMONES; INSULIN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SEROTONIN; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33751531978     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0052-9     Document Type: Article

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