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Contractile and motile phenomena in plasmodia of Physarum are considered with respect to possibilities of applying laser techniques for registration and for an analysis of their molecular basis. In addition to protoplasmic strands, the advantages of two special models are discussed, protoplasmic drops and endoplasmic veins. The presentation is focussed on the following phenomena: endoplasmic shuttle streaming, contractile activities of the force-generating cytoplasmic actomyosin, dynamics of actin transformations (sol ⇌ gel transitions) and actin-myosin interactions, synchronisation and wave phenomena of contractile activities, and membrane flow.
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Wohlfarth-Bottermann, K.E. (1983). Dynamic Cellular Phenomena in Physarum Possibly Accessible to Laser Techniques. In: Earnshaw, J.C., Steer, M.W. (eds) The Application of Laser Light Scattering to the Study of Biological Motion. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series, vol 59. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4487-2_33
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