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Paramecium

Known as: Parameciums 
A genus of ciliate protozoa that is often large enough to be seen by the naked eye. Paramecia are commonly used in genetic, cytological, and other… 
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Real-Time Visualization of Neuronal Activity during Perception
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Transitions between three swimming gaits in Paramecium escape
Paramecium and other protists are able to swim at velocities reaching several times their body size per second by beating their… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Regulation of adenylyl cyclase from Paramecium by an intrinsic potassium conductance.
Hyperpolarization of the cell membrane of Paramecium stimulates adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) formation. Manipulations of… 
Review
1979
Review
1979
Ionic mechanisms of excitation in Paramecium.
  • R. EckertP. Brehm
  • Annual Review of Biophysics and Bioengineering
  • 1979
  • Corpus ID: 43426187
The first intracellular electrical measurements made with capillary glass electrodes from animal cells were made on Paramecium… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Calcium entry leads to inactivation of calcium channel in Paramecium.
Under depolarizing voltage clamp of Paramecium an inward calcium current developed and subsequently relaxed within 10… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Reconstitution in planar lipid bilayers of a voltage-dependent anion-selective channel obtained from paramecium mitochondria
SummaryWe have incorporated into planar lipid bilayer membranes a voltage-dependent, anion-selective channel (VDAC) obtained… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Genetic dissection of behavior in paramecium
other hand, S. M. Awramik, S. Golubic, and E. S. Barghoorn [Absir. Geol. Soc. Am. 4 (7), 438 (1972)1 have concluded from a… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Reactivated Triton-Extracted Models of Paramecium: Modification of Ciliary Movement by Calcium Ions
Triton-extracted models of Paramecium were reactivated to swim in solutions of adenosine triphosphate and magnesium ions. The… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Ionic Mechanisms Controlling Behavioral Responses of Paramecium to Mechanical Stimulation
A mechanical stimulus applied to the anterior part of Paramecium causes a transient increase in membrane permeability to calcium… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
CYTOPLASMIC INHERITANCE OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CELL CORTEX IN PARAMECIUM AURELIA.
Y1,Y2,. . . be a sequence of independent two-valued random variables, Yn+i = -s or f3 + ns with probabilities (1 W) and W, where… 
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