Immunocytochemical analysis of secretion mutants of Tetrahymena using a mucocyst-specific monoclonal antibody.

doi:10.1002/dvg.1020130209

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Immunocytochemical analysis of secretion mutants of Tetrahymena using a mucocyst-specific monoclonal antibody.

Developmental genetics - 1 Jan 1992

Turkewitz A P, Kelly R B

Abstract excerpt

Dense-core granules represent an adaptation of specialized secretory cells to facilitate stimulus-regulated release of stored proteins. Such granules are a prominent feature of mammalian neuroendocrine and exocrine cells and are also well developed in the ciliates. In Tetrahymena thermophila, the...

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Animals
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Blotting, Western
Cytoplasmic Granules
Exocytosis
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Mucins
Mutation
Protozoan Proteins
Tetrahymena thermophila

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