The effects of lithium chloride on pattern formation in Tetrahymena thermophila.

doi:10.1006/dbio.1995.1299

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The effects of lithium chloride on pattern formation in Tetrahymena thermophila.

Developmental biology - 1 Oct 1995

Jerka-Dziadosz M, Frankel J

Abstract excerpt

Lithium ions have long been known to exert dramatic effects on the specification of cell fates in multicellular systems. We have analyzed the effects of Li+ on intracellular patterning in a complex unicellular organism, the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. LiCl does not affect the locations of ma...

Topics

Animals
Inositol
Inositol Phosphates
Lithium Chloride
Neomycin
Phenotype
Tetrahymena thermophila

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