Effect of phosducin silencing on the photokinetic motile response of Blepharisma japonicum

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-24

  Sobierajska, Katarzyna ^a   Joachimiak, Ewa ^b   Bregier, Cezary ^a   Fabczak, Stanisław ^a   Fabczak, Hanna ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEPHARISMA; BLEPHARISMA JAPONICUM; CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA;

EID: 78650721880     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0pp00221f     Document Type: Article

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