Article
Cellular polarity in ciliates: persistence of global polarity in a disorganized mutant of Tetrahymena thermophila that disrupts cytoskeletal organization.
Developmental biology - 1 Jun 1995
Jerka-Dziadosz M, Jenkins L M, Nelsen E M, Williams N E, Jaeckel-Williams R, Frankel J
Abstract excerpt
Much of the cell surface on the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is covered by a polarized lattice of cytoskeletal structures that are associated with basal bodies of the ciliary rows. Unique structural landmarks, including an oral apparatus and contractile vacuole pores, develop before cell divis...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Cell Division
- Cell Polarity
- Cilia
- Cytoskeleton
- Genes, Protozoan
- Genes, Recessive
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microtubules
- Mutation
- Tetrahymena thermophila