Endosymbiosis of Chlorella species to the ciliate Paramecium bursaria alters the distribution of the host's trichocysts beneath the host cell cortex

Protoplasma

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-337

  Kodama, Yuuki ^a,b   Fujishima, Masahiro ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase activity; Cell cortex; Endosymbiosis; Monoclonal antibody; Perialgal vacuole membrane; Trichocysts

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PARAMECIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

CHLORELLA; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PARAMECIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; CILIOPHORA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA;

EID: 79953165327     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0175-z     Document Type: Article

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