Genomic characterization of variable surface antigens reveals a telomere position effect as a prerequisite for RNA interference-mediated silencing in Paramecium …

D Baranasic, T Oppermann, M Cheaib, J Cullum… - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antigenic or phenotypic variation is a widespread phenomenon of expression of variable
surface protein coats on eukaryotic microbes. To clarify the mechanism behind mutually …

Developmentally regulated extrachromosomal circular DNA formation in the mesozoan Dicyema japonicum

T Noto, K Yazaki, H Endoh - Chromosoma, 2003 - Springer
The dicyemid mesozoans are simple multicellular parasites with a long cylindrical axial cell
surrounded by a single outer layer of 20 to 30 ciliated peripheral somatic cells. Their larval …

Spatiotemporal sites of DNA replication in macro- and micronuclei of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum

T Tanaka, T Watanabe - Chromosome Research, 2003 - Springer
Spatiotemporal sites of DNA replication in macro-and micronuclei of the ciliated protozoan
Paramecium caudatum were analyzed by confocal laser scanning microscopy following …

Unusual distribution of mitochondrial large subunit rRNA in the cytosol during conjugation in Tetrahymena thermophila

T Kobayashi, H Endoh - Genes & genetic systems, 2004 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The distribution of mitochondria during conjugation of the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena
thermophila was surveyed using a mitochondrial stain and fluorescence in situ hybridization …

Untersuchungen zu invasionspezifischen Proteinen von Holospora obtusa, einem Bakterium aus dem Makronukleus von Paramecium caudatum

S Schwarz - 2002 - nbn-resolving.org
H. obtusa ist ein endonukleäres, Gram-negatives Bakterium, das ausschließlich den
Makronukleus von Paramecium caudatum infiziert und dort lebt. Ziel war es …

DNA Fluorescence in situ Hybridization in Paramecium Telomere Localization in Macronucleus

M Ishida, A Kohda, K Okumura, N Nishiyama… - Zoological science, 2000 - BioOne
In an attempt to develop a technique of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to detect
DNA in Paramecium, we examined three different DNA probes, total genomic DNA, genomic …