title: Isolation and structure determination of blepharismin, a conjugation initiating gamone in the ciliate blepharisma.
abstract: One of the gamones (gamone II) which are effective for the induction of conjugation in Blepharisma intermedium has been isolated in a crystalline form and designated as blepharismin. From the result of chemical and spectroscopic investigations, in which x-ray crystallographic analysis was used as a definitive tool, blepharismin has been found to have the structure of calcium 3-(2'-formylamino-5'-hydroxybenzoyl)lactate.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokoroyama
authors.forename: Y
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authors.lastname: Tsukuda
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authors.lastname: Koyama
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyake