Identification and localization of a protein immunologically related to caltractin (centrin) in the myonemes and membranelles of the heterotrich ciliate Stentor coeruleus

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 328-338

  Maloney, Michael S ^a   McDaniel, W Scott ^a   Locknar, Sarah A ^a   Torlina, Heather M ^a  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal bodies; Calcium; Calcium binding protein; Contractile fibers

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL BINDING; FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CILIOPHORA; STENTOR (CILIATE); STENTOR COERULEUS;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CENTRIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CILIATE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CILIOPHORA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 27244439096     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00048x     Document Type: Article

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