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The rate of attachment of amoebae to the substratum: A study of nuclear‐cytopolasmic relationships
Author(s) -
Lorch I. J.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of cellular physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 174
eISSN - 1097-4652
pISSN - 0021-9541
DOI - 10.1002/jcp.1040730303
Subject(s) - cytoplasm , nucleus , strain (injury) , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , cell nucleus , anatomy
The rate of attachment to the substratum was found to be a strain specific character of certain large free‐living amoebae. Two strains, which differed significantly in this respect, were compared with regard to the rate of attachment of enucleated cytoplasm, nuclear‐cytoplasmic hybrids and amoebae injected with cytoplasm from another strain. It was found that both the nucleus and the cytoplasm of the more rapidly attaching strain were able to transmit this character to amoebae of the more slowly attaching strain. The possible mechanisms underlying attachment and transmission of the rate of attachment are discussed.