THE EFFECTS OF ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS ON SOME HYDRODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF GLYCERINATED CILIA

Cilia were isolated from Tetrahymena pyriformis by a glycerol method. The addition of low concentrations of ATP, but not of other nucleoside triphosphates, caused an increase of up to twofold in the amount of cilia pelleted in a low-speed centrifugation assay and decreased the density of the pellet...

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Main Authors: Raff, Elizabeth C., Blum, J. J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1966
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2107064/