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Mutant with heat-sensitive capacity for phagocytosis in tetrahymena: isolation and genetic characterization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Gary B. Silberstein ,
Eduardo Orias  and
Nina A. Pollock
Gary B. Silberstein
Affiliation:
Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, U.S.A.
Eduardo Orias
Affiliation:
Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, U.S.A.
Nina A. Pollock
Affiliation:
Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, U.S.A.

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A mutant of Tetrahymena with heat-sensitive phagocytosis was obtained using a tantalum-particle enrichment procedure. The mutant phenotype is most likely determined by a somatic (macronuclear) mutation(s). The inability of the mutant to sustain cell division and to phagocytize at 37 °C are most likely determined by the same mutation. The phenotype of the mutant is stably inherited under vegetative propagation at 30 °C. At 37 °C, the mutation affects the development of the oral apparatus, the phagocytotic organelle. This mutant has proven useful for the study of cellular functions related to phagocytosis.

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Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , August 1975 , pp. 11 - 19
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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