Calcium regulation in the protozoan model, paramecium tetraurelia

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-114

  Plattner, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ca2+; ciliate; protozoa; signal transduction; signaling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CILIATE; EVOLUTION; MEMBRANE; PLASMA; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; SENSOR; SIGNAL; SIGNALING; TRAFFICKING;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PROTOZOA;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION;

CILIATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIGNALING;

CA2+; CILIATE; PROTOZOA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIGNALING;

CALCIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84893677652     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12070     Document Type: Review

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