Photophobic response in Stentor coeruleus ? electrophysiological investigations

• Authors: M. Walerczyk , H. Fabczak , S. Fabczak
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

It is widely known that the phototransduction process in vertebrate photoreceptor cells are mediated by cGMP-gated ionic channels. The recent electrophysiological study showed that the channels might play a key role in phototransduction process which leads to the photophobic behavior in the ciliate. The basic biophysical and pharmaceutical properties of cGMP-gated channels in Stentor indicate high similarity to those in vertebrate photoreceptor cells.

Keywords

EN

PHOTOPHOBIC RESPONSE  

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International; Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej
• Year: 2000
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 329-339
• Document Type: ARTICLE
• Publication order reference: M.Walerczyk, Instytut Biologii Doswiadczalnej im. M.Nenckiego PAN, ul. Pasteura 3, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland