A temperature-sensitive mutation affecting synthesis of outer arm dyneins in Tetrahymena thermophila.

doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1992.tb01312.x

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A temperature-sensitive mutation affecting synthesis of outer arm dyneins in Tetrahymena thermophila.

The Journal of protozoology - 1 Jan 2000

Attwell G J, Bricker C S, Schwandt A, Gorovsky M A, Pennock D G

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We have characterized a novel, temperature-sensitive mutation affecting motility in Tetrahymena thermophila. Mutants grew and divided normally at the restrictive temperature (38 degrees C), but became nonmotile. Scanning electron microscopic analysis indicated that nonmotile mutants contained the...

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Animals
Cilia
Dyneins
Microscopy, Electron
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Mutation
Temperature
Tetrahymena thermophila

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