Cellular communication through light

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Fels, Daniel ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL POPULATION; CELL SEPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DARKNESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PARAMECIUM;

CILIOPHORA; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; LIGHT; PARAMECIUM;

EID: 64549156555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005086     Document Type: Article

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