Eukaryotic unicells: how useful in studying chemoreception?
The description of the chemoreception pathway in Paramecium is incomplete, but the technical means are available to study these pathways at the molecular level. The hallmark of ciliates is their versatility and their most important attribute is the availability of useful mutants. It is just this versatility and amenability to genetic manipulation that will move the study of Paramecium chemoreception forward and provide useful information for chemoreceptor cell function in general.
Van Houten
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Department of Zoology, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405.
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D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology; D058973:Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000502:physiology; D010247:Paramecium / Q000502:physiology*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D058973:Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002118:Calcium