Paramecium
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Population-genomic analyses are essential to understanding factors shaping genomic variation and lineage-specific sequence constraints. The dearth of such analyses for unicellular eukaryotes prompted us to assess genomic variation in... more
First discovered in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans[1], gamma-tubulin is a ubiquitous component of microtubule organizing centres [2]. In centrosomes, gamma-tubulin has been immunolocalized at the pericentriolar material, suggesting a... more
In exocytosis, secretory granules contact plasma membrane at sites where microdomains can be observed, which are sometimes marked by intramembranous particle arrays. Such arrays are particularly obvious when membrane fusion is frozen at a... more
In Paramecium, cAMP formation is stimulated by a potassium conductance, which is an intrinsic property of the adenylyl cyclase. We cloned a full-length cDNA and several gDNA fragments from Paramecium and Tetrahymena coding for adenylyl... more
In Paramecium tetraurelia cells analysis of transient changes in Ca2+ concentration, [Ca2+]i, during aminoethyldextran (AED) stimulated synchronous (<1 second) trichocyst exocytosis has been hampered by various technical problems which... more
Earth's gravity exerts relatively weak forces in the range of 10–100 pN directly on cells in biological systems. Nevertheless, it biases the orientation of swimming unicellular organisms, alters bone cell differentiation, and modifies... more
The vacuolar H(+)-ATPase (V-ATPase), a multisubunit, adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-driven proton pump, is essential for numerous cellular processes in all eukaryotes investigated so far. While structure and catalytic mechanism are similar... more