Purification and identification of a growth factor produced by Paramecium tetraurelia.

doi:10.1016/0006-291x(90)92160-2

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Purification and identification of a growth factor produced by Paramecium tetraurelia.

Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 31 Jul 1990

Tanabe H, Nishi N, Takagi Y, Wada F, Akamatsu I, Kaji K

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We previously reported that the jumyo mutant of a cilate protozoan Paramecium tetraurelia excretes into the medium a factor which promotes its own cell division. Here, the factor was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity through a series of liquid chromatographic procedures. This substance is a...

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Animals
Chromatography
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Growth Substances
Mutation
Paramecium

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