Novel cytoskeletal proteins in the cortex of Tetrahymena

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-14

  Honts, Jerry E ^a   Williams, Norman E ^b  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Cell cycle regulation; Ciliate; EpiC; Epiplasm; Genes; Membrane skeleton; Microsequencing; Monoclonal antibody; Tetrin filaments

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; PROTEIN; PROTIST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TETRAHYMENA;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0037226367     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00100.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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