Isolation and characterization of paramecium mutants defective in their response to magnesium.

doi:10.1093/genetics/137.3.759

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Isolation and characterization of paramecium mutants defective in their response to magnesium.

Genetics - 1 Jul 1994

Preston R R, Kung C

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Four mutant strains of Paramecium tetraurelia with a reduced ability to respond behaviorally to Mg2+ have been isolated. Voltage-clamp analyses showed that their Mg2+ insensitivity is associated with a reduced Ca(2+)-dependent Mg2+ current. The four mutants, which have been doubled "eccentric," r...

Topics

Animals
Behavior, Animal
Cilia
Crosses, Genetic
Genes, Protozoan
Ion Channel Gating
Magnesium
Membrane Potentials
Mutation
Paramecium tetraurelia
Protozoan Proteins

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