Action mechanisms of the secondary metabolite euplotin C: Signaling and functional role in Euplotes

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 365-373

  Trielli, Francesca ^b   Cervia, Davide ^a,c   Di Giuseppe, Graziano ^a   Ristori, Chiara ^a   Kruppel, Thomas ^d   Burlando, Bruno ^e   Guella, Graziano ^f   Viarengo, Aldo ^e   Bagnoli, Paola ^a   Delmonte Corrado, Maria Umberta ^b   Dini, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Cation homeostasis; Ciliated protists; Lysosomes; Marine microorganisms; Oxidative stress; Phagocytosis; Sesquiterpenoids

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EUPLOTIN C; SESQUITERPENE; SODIUM;

CILIATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYTOPLASM; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SIGNALING; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EUPLOTES; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; LOCOMOTION; LYSOSOME; METABOLISM; PH; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EUPLOTES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LOCOMOTION; LYSOSOMES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; ORGANELLES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SESQUITERPENES; SODIUM; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES VANNUS; MONEUPLOTES CRASSUS; PROTISTA;

EID: 54249165439     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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