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Imprinting by non-signal protein molecule in Tetrahymena
1Department of Biology, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
Acta Microbiologica Hungarica
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Bovine serum albumin (BSA) enhances the division of Tetrahymena and leaves negative imprinting. In consequence, a repeated meeting with BSA 1, 2 or 3 weeks after the first one is followed by a significantly reduced division rate of Tetrahymena cells. The imprinting is fairly specific for BSA; the division rate was not influenced significantly by either human serum albumin or an anti-rabbit sheep immunoglobulin.