Behavioral Bioassays and Their Uses in Tetrahymena

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 393-410

  Hennessey, Todd M ^a   Lampert, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Excitability; Knockout; Mutation; Permeabilization; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858738983     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385967-9.00015-3     Document Type: Chapter

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