Control of initiation and elongation of cilia during ciliary regeneration in Tetrahymena.
Tetrahymena thermophila strain B could regenerate approximately 10% of its somatic ciliary mass in concentrations of cycloheximide believed to block all cytoplasmic protein synthesis. A quantitative study of the relative numbers and lengths of cilia regenerated in the presence and absence of cycloheximide under a variety of conditions suggested that specific initiation and elongation protein factors are involved in the control of ciliary morphogenesis in Tetrahymena.
Hadley
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Department of Zoology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA.
Williams
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D000818:Animals; D002923:Cilia / Q000502:physiology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D012038:Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016808:Tetrahymena thermophila / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*
D012701:Serotonin; D000242:Cyclic AMP