The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila can be said to undergo a variety of developmental
programs. During vegetative growth, cells coordinate a variety of cell-cycle operations …

The transformation from the asexual proliferative stage of Tetrahymena to the sexual stage,
during which cells of complementary mating types pair and nuclear fertilization occurs …

Conjugation, a sexual stage in the life cycle of Tetrahymena, is marked by the pairing of two
cells of opposite mating types. Pairing establishes cytoplasmic continuity between the two …

For nearly half a century, phenotype switching in the group of polymorphic species of the
ciliate genus Tetrahymena has been the subject of investigations of the underlying …

Using continuous flow cultures based on the chemostat principle, we varied the cell
generation times of the ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis strain GL, from 4.9 to 22.2 hr and …

Publisher Summary Tetrahyrnena can be used to study the function of any cloned gene
involved in ciliary function or biogenesis using gene replacement or gene knockout. T …

A temperature-sensitive mutation was isolated that blocks cilia regeneration and arrests
growth in Tetrahymena thermophila. Protein and RNA synthesis and ATP production …

Tetrahymena thermophila transforms from a pyriform-shaped trophic form to an elongate
rapidly swimming, dispersal form under the appropriate conditions of starvation [Nelsen, EM …

The process of pair formation by sexual strains of Tetrahymena pyriformis is an inducible
pathway interrupting the cellular activities of vegetative growth. A specific series of events …

Conjugation following pair formation in Tetrahymena can be divided into three distinct
sequences of events: prezygotic development, postzygotic development, and exconjugant …