The contractile vacuole complex and cell volume control in protozoa

Osmotic and Ionic Regulation: Cells and Animals

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 69-105

  Allen, Richard D ^a   Tominaga, Takashi ^b   Naitoh, Yutaka ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780849380525     Document Type: Chapter

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