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Highly divergent actins from karyorelictean, heterotrich, and litostome ciliates.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Kim Oanh T P, Yura Kei, Go Nobuhiro, Harumoto Terue
Abstract excerpt
We have cloned, sequenced, and characterized cDNA of actins from five ciliate species of three different classes of the phylum Ciliophora: Karyorelictea (Loxodes striatus), Heterotrichea (Blepharisma japonicum, Blepharisma musculus), and Litostomatea (Didinium nasutum, Dileptus margaritifer). Loxodes striatus uses UGA as the stop codon and has numerous in-frame UAA and UAG, which are translated into glutamine....
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