Spasmin-like proteins in various ciliates revealed by antibody to purified spasmins of Carchesium polypinum |
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| Authors: | T Ochiai M Kato T Ogawa H Asai |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Physics, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | It was found that some ciliates, Stentor, Spirostomum and Blepharisma, which can contract rapidly like the stalks of Vorticellidae, have Ca2+-binding proteins that are very similar to spasmins, in the immunological sense. The presence of spasmins in other Protozoa and in some Metazoa was also investigated. |
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