spasmin
National Institutes of Health
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Spasmin is a calcium-binding protein that is the major component of calcium-induced contractile filaments, called spasmoneme…
Abstract Chemical modification of glycerinated stalks of Vorticella with TNM is used to investigate the role of tyrosine residues…
The rod-like, contractile stalk of the single-celled peritrich Vorticella Convalleria can collapse into a tightly coiled helix in…
It was found that some ciliates,Stentor, Spirostomum andBlepharisma, which can contract rapidly like the stalks of Vorticellidae…