Cells containing aragonite crystals mediate responses to gravity in Trichoplax adhaerens (Placozoa), an animal lacking neurons and synapses

Trichoplax adhaerens has only six cell types. The function as well as the structure of crystal cells, the least numerous cell type, presented an enigma. Crystal cells are arrayed around the perimeter of the animal and each contains a birefringent crystal. Crystal cells resemble lithocytes in other a...

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Publié dans:PLoS One
Auteurs principaux: Mayorova, Tatiana D., Smith, Carolyn L., Hammar, Katherine, Winters, Christine A., Pivovarova, Natalia B., Aronova, Maria A., Leapman, Richard D., Reese, Thomas S.
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Langue:Inglês
Publié: Public Library of Science 2018
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5771587/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29342202
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190905
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