Cytochalasin B: aspects of phagocytosis in nutrient uptake in Tetrahymena.
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Cytochalasin B (37 fig per ml) reduces the rate of food vacuole formation, i.e. the rate of phagocytosis, in Tetrahymena pyriformis. Cytochalasin B in this concentration suppresses multiplication rates in a nutrient medium consisting of 2 % proteose peptone, but multiplication is unaffected if this medium is supplemented with glucose and high concentrations of nucleosides. Thus nutrients in high concentrations circumvent the necessity for phagocytosis in Tetrahymena.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of cell science
دوره 15 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1974