Nematocyst discharge in Hydra vulgaris: Differential responses of desmonemes and stenoteles to mechanical and chemical stimulation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 184-191

  Scappaticci, A A ^a   Kahn, Fhyzeedon ^a   Kass Simon, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Cnidaria; Cnidoytes; Isorhizas; Mechanoreception; Mucin

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; MUCIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOSENSITIZATION; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMONEME; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FORCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PREY SELECTION; SEA ANEMONE; STENOTELE; STIMULATION;

CNIDARIA; HYDRA VULGARIS;

EID: 77955096107     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.06.177     Document Type: Article

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