Temperature-induced change of variant surface antigen expression in Paramecium involves antigen release into the culture medium with considerable delay between transcription and surface expression

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-23

  Momayezi, M ^a   Albrecht, P ^b   Plattner, H ^a   Schmidt, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cilia; Immobilization antigens; Paramecium; Protozoa; Variant surface antigens

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; SOMATIC CELL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CILIA; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PARAMECIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM PRIMAURELIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 4444346057     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-004-0690-y     Document Type: Article

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