title: Experimental and theoretical analysis of the influence of gravity at the cellular level: a review.
abstract: The present paper is a review of the experimental investigations published in the literature and performed by the authors on space vehicles. The paper also gives an analysis of theoretical concepts concerning gravitational effects on the cell. Taking this into account, the authors put forth a hypothesis that free-living unicellular organisms are indifferent to variations in the magnitude and direction of the gravitational field.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Problems, Ministry of Health, Moscow, USSR.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Tairbekov
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Parfyonov
authors.lastname: Shepelev EYa
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Sushkov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D002708:Chlorella; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D056890:Eukaryota; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D059828:Plant Cells; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D013026:Space Flight; D014780:Viruses; D014893:Weightlessness