Open AccessControl of initiation and elongation of cilia during ciliary regeneration in Tetrahymena.
Author(s) -
G A Hadley,
Norman E. Williams
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
molecular and cellular biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.14
H-Index - 327
eISSN - 1067-8824
pISSN - 0270-7306
DOI - 10.1128/mcb.1.9.865
Subject(s) - tetrahymena , biology , cycloheximide , cilium , microbiology and biotechnology , elongation , protein biosynthesis , morphogenesis , cytoplasm , regeneration (biology) , genetics , materials science , gene , metallurgy , ultimate tensile strength
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.