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Control of chemotaxis in Physarum polycephalum.

The Journal of cell biology ·Vol. 69 ·No. 1 ·1976-04-00 ·Pages 218-23

Durham AC, Ridgway EB

Abstract

Plasmodia migrate towards those situations which increase the frequency of their alternations in streaming, and away from those which decrease the frequency. Therefore peristalsis-like waves in Physarum move in the direction opposite from the net movement of the organism. The mechanism is fundamentally related to other known types of chemotaxis.

MeSH Terms
Chemotaxis/drug effects Cyanides/pharmacology Cycloheximide/pharmacology Galactose/pharmacology Iodoacetates/pharmacology Mannose/pharmacology Myxomycetes/physiology Physarum/physiology Ribose/pharmacology Sucrose/pharmacology Temperature
Chemicals
Cyanides Iodoacetates Sucrose Ribose Cycloheximide Mannose Galactose
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Durham A C
Ridgway E B
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10 references, click to expand
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of cell biology
Abbr.
J Cell Biol
ISSN
0021-9525
DOI
10.1083/jcb.69.1.218
Published
1976-04-00
Pages
218-23
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0375356
PMCID
PMC2110966
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1083/jcb.69.1.218 PMC Full Text View journal details
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